7 The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,^(A) because I have found you righteous^(B) in this generation.

⁷ and if he rescued Lot,^(A) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless^(B)

⁹ if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials^(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.^(B)