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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
  • For there are no [a]pangs in their death,
    But their strength is firm.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
  • Their [b]eyes bulge with abundance;
    They have more than heart could wish.
  • They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
  • They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
    They speak [c]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.
  • 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 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?”
  • 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.
  • Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
  • Surely I have [d]cleansed my heart in vain,
    And washed my hands in innocence.
  • For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
  • For all day long I have been plagued,
    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.
  • When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
  • When I thought how to understand this,
    It was [e]too painful for me —
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
  • Thus my heart was grieved,
    And I was [f]vexed in my mind.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
  • My flesh and my heart fail;
    But God is the [g]strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
  • For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish;
    You have destroyed all those who [h]desert You for harlotry.
  • 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.
  • But it is good for me to draw near to God;
    I have put my trust in the Lord God,
    That I may declare all Your works.

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