Psalm of Solomon, Chapter 3

1. [A Psalm of Solomon. Concerning the righteous] Why do you sleep, soul, and do not praise the Lord? Sing a new song to God, who is worthy to be praised.    2. Sing and watch over his wakefulness because a good psalm to God [comes] from a good heart.    3. The righteous always remember the Lord, by acknowledging and proving the Lord's judgments right.    4. The righteous disciplined by the Lord does not take no heed; his pleasure is always in the Lord's presence.    5. The righteous stumbles and proves the Lord right; he falls and watches for what God will do about him; he keeps watching to where his salvation comes from.    6. The truth of the righteous [comes] from God their savior; sin after sin does not lodge in the house of the righteous.    7. The righteous constantly searches his house, to remove injustice in his false steps.    8. He atones for ignorance by fasting and humbling his soul, and the Lord purifies every holy person and his house.    9. The sinner stumbles and curses his life, the day of his birth, and mother's birth-pains.    10. He adds sin upon sin in his life; and, because his fall is serious, he will not get up.    11. The destruction of the sinner [is] forever, and he will not be remembered when [God] shows care for the righteous.    12. This is the portion of sinners forever, but those who fear the Lord will rise up to eternal life and their life [will be] in the Lord's light and it will never cease.