1. A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.
2. Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
3. The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them.
4. Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
5. The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.
6. The justice of the upright shall free them. And the iniquitous will be seized by their own treachery.
7. When the impious man is dead, there will no longer be any hope. And the expectation of the anxious will perish.
8. The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.
9. The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.