17. One who forsakes the companion of her youthand forgets the covenant of her God;
18. For her path sinks down to death,and her footsteps lead to the shades.
19. None who enter there come back,or gain the paths of life.
20. Thus you may walk in the way of the good,and keep to the paths of the just.
21. For the upright will dwell in the land,people of integrity will remain in it;
22. But the wicked will be cut off from the land,the faithless will be rooted out of it.