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¹ Surely God is ^(a)good to Israel,
To those who are ^(b)pure in heart!
² But as for me, ^(c)my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps ^[a]had almost slipped.
³ For I was ^(d)envious of the ^[b]arrogant
As I saw the ^(e)prosperity of the wicked.
⁴ For there are no pains in their death,
And their ^[c]body is fat.
⁵ They are ^(f)not ^[d]in trouble as other ^[e]men,
Nor are they ^(g)plagued ^[f]like mankind.
⁶ Therefore pride is ^(h)their necklace;
The ⁽ⁱ⁾garment of violence covers them.
⁷ Their eye ^[g]bulges from ^(j)fatness;
The imaginations of their heart ^[h]run riot.
⁸ They ^(k)mock and ^[i]wickedly speak of oppression;
They ^(l)speak from on high.
⁹ They have ^(m)set their mouth ^[j]against the heavens,
And their tongue ^[k]parades through the earth.

¹⁰ Therefore ^[l]his people return to this place,
And waters of ⁽ⁿ⁾abundance are ^[m]drunk by them.
¹¹ They say, "^(o)How does God know?
And is there knowledge ^[n]with the Most High?"
¹² Behold, ^(p)these are the wicked;
And always ^(q)at ease, they have increased in wealth.
¹³ Surely ^(r)in vain I have ^[o]kept my heart pure
And ^(s)washed my hands in innocence;
¹⁴ For I have been stricken ^(t)all day long
And ^[p](u)chastened every morning.

¹⁵ If I had said, "I will speak thus,"
Behold, I would have betrayed the ^(v)generation of Your children.
¹⁶ When I ^(w)pondered to understand this,
It was ^[q]troublesome in my sight
¹⁷ Until I came into the ^[r](x)sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their ^(y)end.
¹⁸ Surely You set them in ^(z)slippery places;
You cast them down to ^[s](aa)destruction.
¹⁹ How they are ^[t](ab)destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by ^(ac)sudden terrors!
²⁰ Like a ^(ad)dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when ^(ae)aroused, You will ^(af)despise their ^[u]form.

²¹ When my ^(ag)heart was embittered
And I was ^(ah)pierced ^[v]within,
²² Then I was ^(ai)senseless and ignorant;
I was like ^[w]a ^(aj)beast ^[x]before You.
²³ Nevertheless ^(ak)I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
²⁴ With Your counsel You will ^(al)guide me,
And afterward ^(am)receive me ^[y]to glory.

^25 (an)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And ^[z]besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
²⁶ My ^(ao)flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the ^[aa]strength of my heart and my ^(ap)portion forever.
²⁷ For, behold, ^(aq)those who are far from You will ^(ar)perish;
You have ^[ab]destroyed all those who ^[ac](as)are unfaithful to You.
²⁸ But as for me, ^(at)the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord ^[ad]God my ^(au)refuge,
That I may ^(av)tell of all Your works.