14: 1 - 10 (translation by R.B. Wright, 1985)
The Lord is faithful to those who truly love Him, to those who endure His discipline.
To those who live in the righteousness of His commandments,
in the Law, which He has commanded for our life.
The Lord's devout shall live by it forever;
the Lord's paradise, the trees of life, are his devout ones.
Their planting is firmly rooted forever;
they shall not be uprooted as long as the heavens shall last,
For Israel is the portion and inheritance of God.
But not so are sinners and criminals,
who love (to spend) the day in sharing their sin.
Their enjoyment is brief and decaying, and they do not remember God.
For the ways of men are known before Him always,
and He knows the secrets of the heart before they happen.
Therefore their inheritance is Hades, and darkness and destruction;
and they will not be found on the day of mercy for the righteous.
But the devout of the Lord will inherit life in happiness.
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