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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.