²⁵ In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror^(A) will reign.^(B)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.^(C)

²¹ Trouble pursues the sinner,^(A)
    but the righteous^(B) are rewarded with good things.^(C)

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”^[a](A)