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1 - A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.

2 - But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

3 - For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 - For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.

5 - They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they afflicted like [other] men.

6 - Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

7 - Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

8 - They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

9 - They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

10 - Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.

11 - And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

12 - Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

13 - Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

14 - For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.

15 - If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

16 - When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

17 - Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] I understood their end.

18 - Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.

19 - How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

20 - As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

21 - Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

22 - So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.

23 - Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast held [me] by my right hand.

24 - Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.

25 - Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire besides thee.

26 - My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

27 - For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.

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.