Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
“Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word.
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.
The voice of the Lord cries to the city— and it is sound wisdom to fear thy name: “Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city!