| 1: 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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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 plagued
like other men. |
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| 6: Therefore pride compasseth them about 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 innocency. |
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| 14: For all the day long have I been plagued, 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 understood I
their end. |
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| 18: Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst
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 shalt 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 holden me
by my right hand. |
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| 24: Thou shalt 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 beside 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 a whoring 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. |
