<A Psalm <H4210> of Asaph.> <H0623> Truly God <H0430> [is] good <H2896> to Israel, <H3478> [even] to such as are of a clean <H1249> heart. <H3824>
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But as for me, my feet <H7272> were almost <H4592> gone; <H5186> my steps <H0838> had well nigh <H0369> slipped. <H8210>
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For I was envious <H7065> at the foolish, <H1984> [when] I saw <H7200> the prosperity <H7965> of the wicked. <H7563>
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For [there are] no bands <H2784> in their death: <H4194> but their strength <H0193> [is] firm. <H1277>
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They [are] not in trouble <H5999> [as other] men; <H0582> neither are they plagued <H5060> like <H5973> [other] men. <H0120>
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Therefore pride <H1346> compasseth them about as a chain; <H6059> violence <H2555> covereth <H5848> them [as] a garment. <H7897>
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Their eyes <H5869> stand out <H3318> with fatness: <H2459> they have more <H5674> than heart <H3824> could wish. <H4906>
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They are corrupt, <H4167> and speak <H1696> wickedly <H7451> [concerning] oppression: <H6233> they speak <H1696> loftily. <H4791>
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They set <H8371> their mouth <H6310> against the heavens, <H8064> and their tongue <H3956> walketh <H1980> through the earth. <H0776>
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Therefore his people <H5971> return <H7725> hither: <H1988> and waters <H4325> of a full <H4392> [cup] are wrung out <H4680> to them.
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And they say, <H0559> How doth God <H0410> know? <H3045> and is there <H3426> knowledge <H1844> in the most High? <H5945>
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Behold, these [are] the ungodly, <H7563> who prosper <H7961> in the world; <H5769> they increase <H7685> [in] riches. <H2428>
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Verily I have cleansed <H2135> my heart <H3824> [in] vain, <H7385> and washed <H7364> my hands <H3709> in innocency. <H5356>
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For all the day <H3117> long have I been plagued, <H5060> and chastened <H8433> every morning. <H1242>
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If I say, <H0559> I will speak <H5608> thus; <H3644> behold, I should offend <H0898> [against] the generation <H1755> of thy children. <H1121>
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When I thought <H2803> to know <H3045> this, it [was] too painful <H5999> for me; <H5869>
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Until I went <H0935> into the sanctuary <H4720> of God; <H0410> [then] understood <H0995> I their end. <H0319>
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Surely thou didst set <H7896> them in slippery places: <H2513> thou castedst them down <H5307> into destruction. <H4876>
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How are they [brought] into desolation, <H8047> as in a moment! <H7281> they are utterly <H5486> consumed <H8552> with terrors. <H1091>
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As a dream <H2472> when [one] awaketh; <H6974> [so], O Lord, <H0136> when thou awakest, <H5782> thou shalt despise <H0959> their image. <H6754>
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Thus my heart <H3824> was grieved, <H2556> and I was pricked <H8150> in my reins. <H3629>
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So foolish <H1198> [was] I, and ignorant: <H3808> <H3045> I was [as] a beast <H0929> before thee.
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Nevertheless I [am] continually <H8548> with thee: thou hast holden <H0270> [me] by my right <H3225> hand. <H3027>
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Thou shalt guide <H5148> me with thy counsel, <H6098> and afterward <H0310> receive <H3947> me [to] glory. <H3519>
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Whom have I in heaven <H8064> [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth <H0776> [that] I desire <H2654> beside thee.
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My flesh <H7607> and my heart <H3824> faileth: <H3615> [but] God <H0430> [is] the strength <H6697> of my heart, <H3824> and my portion <H2506> for ever. <H5769>
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For, lo, they that are far <H7369> from thee shall perish: <H0006> thou hast destroyed <H6789> all them that go a whoring <H2181> from thee.
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But <H0589> [it is] good <H2896> for me to draw near <H7132> to God: <H0430> I have put <H7896> my trust <H4268> in the Lord <H0136> GOD, <H3069> that I may declare <H5608> all thy works. <H4399>