Salomon 3
2 The conversation and assurance of the righteous. 7 The rewards of the faithful. 11 Who are miserable.
BUT the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they appeared to die, and their end was thought grievous,
And their departing from us, destruction but they are in peace.
And though they suffer pain before men, yet is their hope full of immortality.
They are punished, but in few things, yet in many things shall they be well rewarded: for God proves them, and finds them meet for himself.
He tries them as the gold in the furnace, and receives them as a perfect fruit among the stubble.
They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
They that trust in him, shall understand the truth, and the faithful shall remain with him in love: for grace and mercy is among his Saints, and he regards his elect.
But the ungodly shall be punished according to their imaginations: for they have despised the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
Who so despises wisdom and discipline, is miserable, and their hope is vain, and their labors are foolish, and their works unprofitable.
Their wives are indiscreet, and their children wicked: their offspring is cursed.
Therefore the barren is blessed which is undefiled, and knows not the sinful bed: she shall be given the special gift of faith, and an acceptable portion in the Temple of the Lord.
For glorious is the fruit of good labors, and the root of wisdom shall never fade away.
But the children of adulterers shall not be partakers of the holy things, and the seed of the wicked bed shall be rooted out.
And though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded, and their last age shall be without honor.
If they die hastily, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
For horrible is the end of the wicked generation.
Salomon 4
Of virtue and the commodity thereof. 10 The death of the righteous, and the condemnation of the unfaithful.
BETTER is barrenness with virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: for it is known with God and with men.
When it is present, men take example threat, and if it go away, yet they desire it: it is always crowned and triumphed, and wins the battle and the undefiled rewards.
But the multitude of the ungodly which abound in children, is unprofitable: and the bastard plants shall take deep root, nor lay any fast foundation.
For though they bud forth in the branches for a time, yet they shall be shaken with the wind: for they stand not fast, and through the vehemency of the wind they shall be rooted out.
For the unperfect branches shall be broken, and their fruit shall be unprofitable and sour to eat, and meet for nothing.
For all the children that are born of the wicked bed, shall be witness of the wickedness against their parents when they be asked.
But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.
For the honorable age is not that which is of long time, neither that which is measured by the number of years.
But wisdom is the gray hair, and an undefiled life is the old age.
He pleased God, and was beloved of him, so that where as he lived among sinners, he translated him.
He was taken away, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his mind.
For wickedness by bewitching obscures the things that are good, and the unsteadfastness of concupiscence preserves the simple mind.
Though he was soon dead, yet fulfilled he much time.
For his soul pleased God: therefore hasted he to take him away from wickedness.
Yet the people see and understand it not, and consider no such things in their hearts, how that grace and mercy is upon his Saints, and his providence over the elect.
Thus the righteous that is dead, condemns the ungodly which are living: and the youth that is soon brought to an end, the long life of the unrighteous.
For they see the end of the wise, but they understand not what God hath devised for him, and wherefore the Lord hath preserved him in safety.
They see him and despise him, but the Lord will laugh them to scorn,
So that they shall fall hereafter without honor, and shall have a shame among the dead for evermore: for without any voice shall he burst them and cast them down, and shake them from the foundations, so that they shall be utterly wasted, and they shall be in sorrow, and their memorial shall perish.
So they being afraid, shall remember their sins, and their own wickedness shall come before them to convince them.
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