When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation set on strength is lost.
In context
5The righteousness of the person of integrity makes his way straight, but the wicked man falls by his own wickedness. 6The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are caught by their own craving. 7When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation set on strength is lost. 8The righteous is rescued from trouble, and the wicked comes into it in his place. 9With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
