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21 Evil people will certainly be punished,
but ·those who do right [L the children of the righteous] will be set free.

22 A beautiful woman without ·good sense [discretion]
is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

23 Those who do right only wish for good,
but the wicked can ·expect to be defeated by God’s [L hope only for] anger.

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21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.(A)

22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
    is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

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