0Of Solomon. A Psalm. Comfort for the righteous.
1The right hand of the Lord hath covered me; The right hand of the Lord hath spared us.
2The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed through, From famine and the death of sinners.
3Noisome beasts ran upon them: With their teeth they tore their flesh, And with their molars crushed their bones.
4The righteous was troubled on account of his errors, Lest he should be taken away along with the sinners;
5For terrible is the overthrow of the sinner; But not one of all these things toucheth the righteous.
6For not alike are the chastening of the righteous (for sins done) in ignorance, And the overthrow of the sinners.
7Secretly () is the righteous chastened, Lest the sinner rejoice over the righteous.
8For He correcteth the righteous as a beloved son, And his chastisement is as that of a firstborn.
9For the Lord spareth His pious ones, And blotteth out their errors by His chastening.
10But sinners shall be taken away into destruction, And their memorial shall be found no more.
11But upon the pious is the mercy of the Lord, And upon them that fear Him His mercy.