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[1]A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. |
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[2]But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. |
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[3]For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
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[4]For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. |
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[5]They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they afflicted like other men. |
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[6]Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. |
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[7]Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. |
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[8]They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. |
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[9]They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. |
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[10]Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. |
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[11]And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? |
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[12]Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. |
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[13]Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. |
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[14]For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning. |
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[15]If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. |
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[16]When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; |
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[17]Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. |
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[18]Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction. |
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[19]How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. |
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[20]As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. |
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[21]Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. |
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[22]So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. |
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[23]Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast held me by my right hand. |
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[24]Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
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[25]Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
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[26]My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. |
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[27]For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee. |
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[28]But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. |