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| [1]But the soules of the ryghteous are in the hande of God, & there shal no torment touche them. |
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| [2]In the syght of the vnwise they appeared to die, & their ende is taken for miserie, |
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| [3]And their departyng from vs to be vtter destruction: but they are in rest. |
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| [4]For though they suffer payne before men, yet is their hope full of immortalitie. |
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| [5]They are punished but in few thinges, neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded: for God proueth the, and findeth them meete for hym selfe. |
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| [6]As golde in the furnace doth he trye them, and receaueth them as a burnt offeryng: and when the tyme commeth they shalbe loked vpon. |
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| [7]They shall shyne and runne through as the sparkcles among the stubble. |
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| [8]They shal iudge the nations and haue dominion ouer the people: and their Lorde shall raigne for euer. |
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| [9]They that put their trust in him shall vnderstande the trueth, and such as be faythfull shall perseuer with hym in loue: for his saintes haue grace & mercie, and he hath care for his elected. |
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| [10]But the vngodly shalbe punished accordyng to their owne imaginations, for they haue dispised the righteous, and forsaken the Lorde. |
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| [11]For who so dispiseth wisdome and nurture he is vnhappy, and as for the hope of such it is but vayne, their labours vnfruitfull, and their workes vnprofitable. |
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| [12]Their wyues are vndiscrete, and their children most vngodly. |
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| [13]Their offpryng [or progenie] is cursed: Wherfore blessed is the barren that is vndefiled, which hath not knowen the sinnefull bed, she shall haue fruite in the visitation of soules, |
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| [14]And the gelded which with his handes hath wrought no vnrighteousnesse, nor imagined wicked thinges agaynst God: for vnto hym shalbe geuen the speciall gyft of fayth, and the most acceptable portion in the temple of God. |
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| [15]For glorious is the fruite of good labour, and the roote of wisdome shall neuer fade away. |
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| [16]As for the children of adulterers they shall not come to a perfect ende, and the seede of an vnryghteous bedde shalbe rooted out. |
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| [17]And though they lyue long, yet shall they be nothyng regarded, and their last age shalbe without honour. |
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| [18]If they dye quickly they haue no hope, neither comfort in the day of inquirie. |
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| [19]For horrible is the ende of the vnryghteous generation. |
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