IN PEACE
Cherish righteousness,
o judges of the earth.
The souls of the righteous are in the hand of
God, and the torment of death will not
touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they seem to die,
and their departure is taken for misery -
but they are at peace.
The ungodly ruler has not hope,
and even if he lives long, he shall
be regarded as nothing.
But the just prince, he is at rest.
