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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.
Surely God is Good to Israel
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
my steps had nearly slipped.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
For I was envious of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
their bodies are fat and sleek.
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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.
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
violence covers them as a garment.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Their eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
their hearts overflow with follies.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
loftily they threaten oppression.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
and their tongue struts through the earth.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
And they say, “How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
always at ease, they increase in riches.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
and washed my hands in innocence.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
For all the day long I have been stricken
and rebuked every morning.
and rebuked every morning.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their end.
then I discerned their end.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
you make them fall to ruin.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
swept away utterly by terrors!
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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.
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
when I was pricked in heart,
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward you.
I was like a beast toward you.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
you hold my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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.
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.