A Psalm of Solomon concerning the righteous

3: 1 - 12 (Translated by R. B. Wright, 1985)
Why do you sleep, soul, and do not praise the Lord?
Sing a new song to God, who is worthy to be praised.
Sing and be aware of how He is aware of you,
for a good psalm to God is from a glad heart.
The righteous remember the Lord all the time,
by acknowledging and proving the Lord's judgments right.
The righteous does not lightly esteem discipline from the Lord;
his desire is (to be) always in the Lord's presence.
The righteous stumbles and proves the Lord right;
he falls and watches for what God will do about him;
he looks to where his salvation comes from.
The confidence of the righteous (comes) from God their Savior;
sin after sin does not visit the house of the righteous.
The righteous constantly searches his house, to remove his unintentional sins.
He atones for (sins of) ignorance by fasting and humbling his soul,
and the Lord will cleanse every devout person and his house.

The sinner stumbles and curses his life,
the day of his birth, and his mother's pains.
He adds sin upon sin in his life;
he falls -- his fall is serious -- and he will not get up.
The destruction of the sinner is forever,
but those who fear the Lord shall rise up to eternal life,
and their life shall be in the Lord's light, and it shall never end.