FOR THOSE WHOMTHE LORDLOVESHE DISCIPLINES,AND HE SCOURGESEVERYSONWHOMHE RECEIVES."
"I will be a fatherto him and he will be a sonto Me; whenhe commitsiniquity,I will correcthim with the rodof menand the strokesof the sonsof men,
It is goodfor me that I was afflicted,That I may learnYour statutes.
I know,O LORD,that Your judgmentsare righteous,And that in faithfulnessYou have afflictedme.
Blessedis the manwhomYou chasten,O LORD,And whom You teachout of Your law;
He who withholdshis rodhateshis son,But he who loveshim disciplineshim diligently.
My son,do not rejectthe disciplineof the LORDOr loatheHis reproof,
For whomthe LORDlovesHe reproves,Even as a father[corrects] the sonin whom he delights.
Thereforethrough thisJacob'siniquitywill be forgiven;And thiswill be the fullpriceof the pardoningof his sin:When he makesallthe altarstoneslike pulverizedchalkstones;[When] Asherimand incensealtarswill not stand.
Correctme, O LORD,but with justice;Not with Your anger,orYou will bringme to nothing.
Whyshould [any] livingmortal,or [any] man,Offercomplaintin viewof his sins?
"Thus you are to knowin your heartthat the LORDyour Godwas discipliningyou justas a mandisciplineshis son.
Blessedis a manwhoperseveresunder trial;for once he has beenapproved,he will receivethe crownof lifewhich[the Lord] has promisedto thosewho loveHim.
We countthoseblessedwho endured.You have heardof the enduranceof Joband have seenthe outcomeof the Lord'sdealings, that the Lordis full of compassionand [is] merciful.
Those whomI love,I reproveand discipline;thereforebe zealousand repent.
Then Elimelech,Naomi'shusband,died;and she was leftwith her twosons.
