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Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!
To those who are pure in heart!
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.
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.
My steps had almost slipped.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.
And their body is fat.
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.
The garment of violence covers them.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
They speak from on high.
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.
And their tongue parades through the earth.
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
And washed my hands in innocence;
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.
And chastened every morning.
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight
It was troublesome in my sight
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.
Then I perceived their end.
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
You cast them down to destruction.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within,
And I was pierced within,
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
I was like a beast before You.
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
You have taken hold of my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.
And afterward receive me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
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.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
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.
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.