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⁴ They have an easy time until they die,^(F1)
and their bodies are well fed.^(F2)(C1)5 They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.^(C1)6 Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.^(C1)7 Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.^(C1)8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.^(C1)9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.^(C1)10 Therefore his people turn to them^(F1)
and drink in their overflowing words.^(F2)(C1)11 The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?” ^(C1)12 Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.^(C1)

¹³ Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?^(C1)14 For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.^(C1)15 If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed your people.^(F1)(C1)16 When I tried to understand all this,
it seemed hopeless^(F1)(C1)17 until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.^(C1)18 Indeed, you put them in slippery places;
you make them fall into ruin.^(C1)19 How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.^(C1)20 Like one waking from a dream,
Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.^(C1)

²¹ When I became embittered
and my innermost being^(F1) was wounded,^(C1)22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward you.^(C1)23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold my right hand.^(C1)24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me up in glory.^(F1)(C1)25 Who do I have in heaven but you?
And I desire nothing on earth but you.^(C1)26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength^(F1) of my heart,
my portion forever.^(C1)27 Those far from you will certainly perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.^(C1)28 But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all you do.^(C1)