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| 1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart. |
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| 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped; |
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| 3 For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked. |
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| 4 For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished; |
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| 5 They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men: |
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| 6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment; |
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| 7 Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart: |
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| 8 They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily: |
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| 9 They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. |
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| 10 Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them. |
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| 11 And they say, How can *God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High? |
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| 12 Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches. |
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| 13 Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: |
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| 14 For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. |
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| 15 If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children. |
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| 16 When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes; |
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| 17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of *God; then understood I their end. |
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| 18 Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins. |
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| 19 How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. |
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| 20 As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. |
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| 21 When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins, |
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| 22 Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee. |
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| 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand; |
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| 24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me. |
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| 25 Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee. |
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| 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. |
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| 27 For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee. |
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| 28 But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works. |
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