The righteous is delivered out of trouble.... — That is, misfortunes pass by the righteous and fall upon the wicked. (Comp. Proverbs 21:18.) Or, it may mean that the righteous “is taken away from the evil to come “by death (Isaiah 57:1), the wicked lives on to suffer in his place.
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Proverbs 11:8
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.