²³ The nations will inherit his wrath,
    as when he turned a watered land into salt.
²⁴ To the faithful his ways are straight
    but full of pitfalls for the lawless.^(A)
25 From the beginning good things were created for the good
    but for sinners good things and bad.^[a](B)
26 The basic necessities of human life
    are water and fire and iron and salt
and wheat flour and milk and honey,
    the blood of the grape and oil and clothing.^(C)
27 All these are good for the godly,
    but for sinners they turn into evils.^(D)