⁴ Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff^(A)
    that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand^(B) in the judgment,^(C)
    nor sinners in the assembly^(D) of the righteous.

⁶ For the Lord watches over^(E) the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.^(F)

²⁰ But the wicked will perish:^(A)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.^(B)

²⁸ For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.^(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed^[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.^(B)