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General Information:
These verses continue the "thirty sayings" (Proverbs 22:20).
Do not lie in wait
The words "lie in wait" are an idiom. Translate "lie in wait" as in Proverbs 1:11. AT: "Do not hide and wait for the right time." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
his home
the home of the righteous person
rises
"gets back on his feet" or "stands up"
wicked people are brought down by calamity
The writer speaks as if "calamity" were a person who could do bad things to other people. These words can be translated in active form. AT: "God will use calamity to bring down the wicked people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
are brought down
This is a metaphor of a person who was standing but someone has brought him down to the ground or made him fall. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
calamity
times when bad things happen to people and their property