Psalm of Solomon, Chapter 14

1. [A Hymn of Solomon] The Lord is faithful to those who love him in truth, to those who endure his discipline,    2. to those who live in the righteousness of his commandments, in the law, which he has commanded to us for our life.    3. The Lord's saints will live by it forever; his saints are the Lord's paradise, the trees of life.    4. Their planting is rooted forever; they will not be plucked out all the days of the heavens.    5. For Israel is the portion and inheritance of God.    6. But not so are sinners and unlawful ones, who love [to live] the day in sharing their sin.    7. Their desire [is] in something small and decaying, and they do not remember God.    8. For the ways of men are known before him always, and he knows the secrets of the heart before [they] happen.    9. Therefore their inheritance is Hades, and darkness and destruction; and they will not be found on the day of mercy for the righteous.    10. But the saints of the Lord will inherit life in gladness.