21. The wicked borrow and never pay back,but good people are generous with their gifts.
22. Those who are blessed by the Lord will possess the land,but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.
23. The Lord guides people in the way they should goand protects those who please him.
24. If they fall, they will not stay down,because the Lord will help them up.
25. I am old now; I have lived a long time,but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lordor their children begging for food.
26. At all times they give freely and lend to others,and their children are a blessing.
27. Turn away from evil and do good,and your descendants will always live in the land;
28. for the Lord loves what is rightand does not abandon his faithful people.He protects them for ever,but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.
29. The righteous will possess the landand live in it for ever.
30. The words of good people are wise,and they are always fair.