1 Blessed is the man whom GOD remembers with reproof: and He has restrained him from the way of evil by stripes: so as to be purified from his sin, that he may not abound therein.

2 For he who prepares his loins for beating shall also be purified: for He is good to those that receive His chastening.

3 For the way of the righteous is straight, and His chastisement does not turn it aside.

4 For the face of the Lord is upon them that love Him in truth, and the Lord will remember His servants in mercy.

5 For the testimony is in the law of the everlasting covenant: the testimony of the Lord is in the ways of the children of men, by His visitations.

6 Righteous and upright is our GOD in all His judgments: and Israel will praise the name of the Lord with joy.

7 And the saints shall give thanks in the congregation of the people: and on the poor the Lord will have mercy, in the gladness of Israel.

8 For GOD is kind and merciful for ever: and the congregations of Israel shall praise the name of the Lord:

9 for of the Lord is the salvation upon the house of Israel, unto the everlasting kingdom.