1 [A Psalm of Asaph]. Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart. VP
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. VP
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. VP
4 For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. VP
5 They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men. VP
6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. VP
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. VP
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. VP
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. VP
10 Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. VP
11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? VP
12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. VP
13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; VP
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. VP
15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. VP
16 When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; VP
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. VP
18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. VP
19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. VP
20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. VP
21 For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: VP
22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee. VP
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand. VP
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. VP
25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee] ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. VP
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. VP
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee. VP
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. VP