1The right hand of the Lord hath covered me;
The right hand of the Lord hath spared us.

2The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed through,
From famine and the death of sinners.

3Noisome beasts ran upon them:
With their teeth they tare their flesh,
And with their molars crushed their bones;

4But from all these things the Lord delivered us.

5The righteous was troubled on account of his errors,
Lest he should be taken away along with the sinners;

6For terrible is the overthrow of the sinner;
But not one of all these things toucheth the righteous.

7For not alike are the chastening of the righteous for sins done in ignorance,
And the overthrow of the sinners.

8Secretly is the righteous chastened,
Lest the sinner rejoice over the righteous.

9For he correcteth the righteous as a beloved son,
And his chastisement is as that of a firstborn.

10For the Lord spareth his pious ones,
And blotteth out their errors by his chastening.

11For the life of the righteous shall be forever;
But sinners shall be taken away into destruction,
And their memorial shall be found no more.

12But upon the pious is the mercy of the Lord,
And upon them that fear him his mercy.