Psalms of Solomon 14

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.