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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.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!
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 came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.
My steps had almost slipped.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.
And their body is fat.
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.
The garment of violence covers them.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
They speak from on high.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.
And their tongue parades through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
And washed my hands in innocence;
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.
And chastened every morning.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight
It was troublesome in my sight
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.
Then I perceived their end.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
You cast them down to destruction.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within,
And I was pierced within,
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Then I was senseless 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 me by my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
You have taken hold of my right hand.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.
And afterward receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.