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Surely God is Good to Israel
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
God Is My Strength and Portion Forever
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
my steps had nearly slipped.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
their bodies are fat and sleek.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
violence covers them as a garment.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
Their eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
their hearts overflow with follies.
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
loftily they threaten oppression.
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
and their tongue struts through the earth.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
And they say, “How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
always at ease, they increase in riches.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
and washed my hands in innocence.
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For all the day long I have been stricken
and rebuked every morning.
and rebuked every morning.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their end.
then I discerned their end.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
you make them fall to ruin.
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
swept away utterly by terrors!
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
when I was pricked in heart,
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward you.
I was like a beast toward you.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
you hold my right hand.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.