Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.