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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.
The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as are pure in heart.
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as 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 boastful,
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;
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like other men.
Nor are they plagued like other men.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment.
Violence covers them like a garment.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.
And their tongue walks through the earth.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people return here,
And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
And they say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
And 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 ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For all day long I have been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
And chastened 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,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood their end.
Then I understood their end.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
You cast them down to destruction.
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
As a dream when one awakes,
So, Lord, when You awake,
You shall despise their image.
So, Lord, when You awake,
You shall despise their image.
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
I was like a beast before You.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
You hold me by my right hand.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
And afterward 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 none upon earth that I desire besides You.
And there is none upon 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.