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¹ A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are of a pure heart.² And as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps nearly made to slip.³ For I was jealous of the proud; I looked upon the peace of the wicked.⁴ For there are no pangs to their death; but their body is fat.⁵ They are not in the misery of mortal man; and with men they are not touched.⁶ So pride enchains them; violence covers them like a robe.⁷ Their eyes go out with fatness; they have passed the imaginations of the heart.⁸ They scoff and speak in evil; from on high they speak oppression.⁹ They set their mouth in the heavens; and their tongues walk through the earth.¹⁰ Because of this His people shall return here; and waters of a full cup shall be drained by them.¹¹ And they say, How does God know? And, Is there knowledge in the Most High?¹² Behold! These are the ungodly who are always at ease; they increase their riches.¹³ Surely I have purified my heart in vain; and I have washed my hands in innocence.¹⁴ For all the day I was touched; and my chastening is at the mornings.

¹⁵ If I say, This is the way I will speak; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.¹⁶ And I thought to know this; it was a travail in my eyes,¹⁷ until I went into the sanctuary of God; now I understood their end.¹⁸ Surely, You will set their feet in slippery places; You will make them fall into ruin.¹⁹ How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away with terrors!²⁰ Like a dream when being aroused from dreaming, O Lord, in awaking You will despise their image.

²¹ For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pierced in my reins.²² And I was brutish and did not know; I was like animals with You.²³ Yet I was continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.²⁴ You shall guide me by Your counsel; and afterward You will take me to glory.²⁵ Whom have I in Heaven? And I have no desire on earth besides You.²⁶ My flesh and my heart waste away; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.²⁷ For, lo, those who are far from You shall be lost; You have cut off all who go whoring away from You.²⁸ As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made my refuge in the Lord Jehovah, to declare all Your works.