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Book III
The End of the Wicked contrasted with that of the Righteous.
A Psalm of Asaph. |
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1 Surely God is good to Israel,
Even to such as are pure in 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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3 For I was envious at the arrogant,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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4 For there are no pangs 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 is as a chain about their neck;
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 scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:
They speak loftily.
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9 They have set their mouth in 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 drained by 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 wicked;
And, being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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13 Surly in vain have I cleansed my heart,
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 had said, I will speak thus;
Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
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16 When I thought how I might know this,
It seemed too painful for me;
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17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of God,
And considered their latter end.
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18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places:
Thou castest them down to destruction.
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19 How are they become a desolation in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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20 As a dream when one awaketh,
So, O Jehovah, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
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21 For my soul was grieved,
And I was pricked in my kidneys:
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22 So brutish 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 my right hand.
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24 Thou wilt 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 besides 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 play the harlot, departing from thee.
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28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God:
I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,
That I may tell of all thy works. |
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