A good person will escape trouble, and that trouble will happen to some evil person.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.
The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.
The righteous are saved from distress, and the wicked take their place.
The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.
The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.
The Lord saves good people.\par When good people have troubles,\par the Lord is their strength.\par
After an evil man dies, there is no hope for him. Everything he hoped for is gone—all of it is worth nothing.
An evil person can hurt other people by the things he says. But good people are protected by their wisdom.
An evil person says foolish things and is trapped by his words. But a good person escapes from that kind of trouble.
Evil people have to pay for all the bad things they do to good people. People who are not honest have to pay for the things they do to honest people.
Then King Darius wrote this letter to all the people from other nations that spoke many different languages all around the world: