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Psalms of Solomon

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Discipline and the Everlasting Covenant

Psalm 10

1 Happy is the man whom the Lord remembers by correcting, and whom He holds back from the path of evil with blows, so that he may be cleansed from sin and it may not increase.⁠ 2 The person who prepares his back for blows shall be cleansed, For the Lord is good to those who endure discipline. 3 For He straightens the paths of the righteous, And does not distort (them) by His discipline. And the mercy of the Lord (is) upon those who love Him in truth, 4 And the Lord remembers His servants in mercy. For the testimony (is) in the law of the eternal covenant. The testimony of the Lord (is) about people’s ways when (He) attends to them.

5 Our Lord is just and kind in His judgments forever, And Israel shall praise the name of the Lord in gladness. 6 And the faithful shall give thanks in the assembly of the people; And God will have mercy on the poor in the gladness (?) of Israel; 7 For God is good and merciful forever, And the assemblies of Israel shall glorify the name of the Lord. 8 The salvation of the Lord be upon the house of Israel in everlasting gladness!

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Compare Proverbs 3:12 and Psalms of Solomon 10:1

Hebrew Bible · Pseudepigrapha, Wisdom and Poetry

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Summary

Proverbs presents discipline as a sign of a father’s care, linking it with righteousness and mercy. Psalms of Solomon develops this theme, portraying divine discipline as a process of purification that helps the faithful return to the right path.

Passages

Proverbs 3:12

Hebrew Bible
10 then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine. 11 My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke. 12 For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights. 13 Blessed is the one who has found wisdom and the one who obtains understanding. 14 For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.
600–201 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Proverbs

Psalms of Solomon 10:1

Pseudepigrapha, Wisdom and Poetry
1 Happy is the man whom the Lord remembers by correcting, and whom He holds back from the path of evil with blows, so that he may be cleansed from sin and it may not increase. 2 The person who prepares his back for blows shall be cleansed, For the Lord is good to those who endure discipline. 3 For He straightens the paths of the righteous, And does not distort (them) by His discipline. And the mercy of the Lord (is) upon those who love Him in truth,
65–30 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in the Psalms of Solomon

References

"... The two primary motifs are visible in the structure of this psalm. The first is God’s righteousness and mercifulness, which for the author are manifested in the process of discipline for the devout. The second is the promise of the devout to praise the Lord. Discipline is described as a purification or as a cleansing from sin. The first two verses are a statement from the author about God’s blessing, which the devout receive in chastisement. And the willingness to endure God’s discipline can be regarded as a stamp of the righteous person (Psalms of Solomon 10:1–2; Psalm 119:68; 145:9). In the next two verses (Psalms of Solomon 10:3–4), the psalmist states that the discipline of the Lord helps the pious to return to the proper way of life in accordance with God’s will, which means that God assists the pious in the process of rectification ..."
František Ábel, The Psalms of Solomon and the Messianic Ethics of Paul (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016), 148.

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