Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, And teachest out of thy law;
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, And teachest him out of thy law;
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law,
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
The people you discipline, LORD, are truly happy— the ones you teach from your Instruction—
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I might learn thy statutes.
The voice of the LORD crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
And thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.