¹⁸ The wicked earns deceptive wages,
    but one who ^(A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

^17 (A)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust^[a] for ever.

^12 (A)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
    reap steadfast love;
    ^(B)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
    that he may come and ^(C)rain righteousness upon you.

¹² Do horses run on rocks?
    Does one plough there^[a] with oxen?
^(A)But you have turned justice into ^(B)poison
    ^(C)and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood^[b]—