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The righteousness of the upright [their rectitude in every area and relation] shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity and greedy desire.

When the wicked man dies, his hope [for the future] perishes; and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.

The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

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The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(A)

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(B)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(C)

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from