⁵ In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

¹² Lo, these `are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

⁹ Their houses `are' peace without fear, Nor `is' a rod of God upon them.

¹ Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

² Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

⁶ Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

¹¹ Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

¹² For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

³² and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

⁸ and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

¹⁹ `As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;