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A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart. |
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But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped. |
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For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
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For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek. |
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They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men. |
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Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. |
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Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies. |
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They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. |
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They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. |
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Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them. |
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And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
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Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. |
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All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. |
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For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning. |
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If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children. |
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But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, |
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until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end. |
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Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin. |
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How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! |
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They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms. |
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When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, |
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I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee. |
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Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand. |
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Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory. |
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Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
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For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee. |
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But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works. |
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