Psalms of Solomon 14

A Hymn. Of Solomon.

1 Faithful is the Lord to them that love him in truth,

To them that endure his chastening,

2 To them that walk in the righteousness of his commandments,

In the law which he commanded us that we might live.

3 The pious of the Lord shall live by it forever;

The Paradise of the Lord, the trees of life, are his pious ones.

4 Their planting is rooted forever;

They shall not be plucked up all the days of heaven:

5 For the portion and the inheritance of God is Israel.

6 But not so are the sinners and transgressors,

Who love the brief day spent in companionship with their sin;

7 Their delight is in fleeting corruption,

And they remember not God.

8 For the ways of men are known before him at all times,

And he knoweth the secrets of the heart before they come to pass.

9 Therefore their inheritance is Hades and darkness and destruction,

And they shall not be found in the day when the righteous obtain mercy;

10 But the pious of the Lord shall inherit life in gladness.