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Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!
To those who are pure in heart!
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.
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 had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
my steps had nearly 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 of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
when I saw 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 until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
their bodies are fat and sleek.
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
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.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.
The garment of violence covers them.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
violence covers 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 swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
their hearts overflow with follies.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
They speak from on high.
They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
loftily they threaten oppression.
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 mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
and their tongue struts 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.
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?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
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;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
always at ease, they increase in riches.
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
And washed my hands in innocence;
All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
and washed my hands in innocence.
For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.
And chastened every morning.
For all the day long I have been stricken
and rebuked every morning.
and rebuked 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 had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight
It was troublesome in my sight
But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.
Then I perceived their end.
until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their end.
then I discerned their end.
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
You cast them down to destruction.
Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
you make them fall to ruin.
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
swept away utterly by 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.
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.
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within,
And I was pierced within,
When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
when I was pricked in heart,
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
I was like a beast before You.
I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward you.
I was like a beast toward you.
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 you;
you hold my right hand.
you hold my right hand.
With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.
And afterward receive me to glory.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
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 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.
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, 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, 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.