731Surely God is good to Israel,to those who are pure in heart.+2But as for me, my feet were almost gone.My steps had nearly slipped.+3For I was envious of the arrogant,when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.+4For there are no struggles in their death,but their strength is firm.+5They are free from burdens of men,neither are they plagued like other men.+6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.Violence covers them like a garment.+7Their eyes bulge with fat.Their minds pass the limits of conceit.+8They scoff and speak with malice.In arrogance, they threaten oppression.+9They have set their mouth in the heavens.Their tongue walks through the earth.+10Therefore their people return to them,and they drink up waters of abundance.+11They say, “How does God know?Is there knowledge in the Most High?”+12Behold, these are the wicked.Being always at ease, they increase in riches.+13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,and washed my hands in innocence,+14For all day long I have been plagued,and punished every morning.+15If I had said, “I will speak thus”;behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.+16When I tried to understand this,it was too painful for me;+17Until I entered God’s sanctuary,and considered their latter end.+18Surely you set them in slippery places.You throw them down to destruction.+19How they are suddenly destroyed!They are completely swept away with terrors.+20As a dream when one wakes up,so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.+21For my soul was grieved.I was embittered in my heart.+22I was so senseless and ignorant.I was a brute beast before you.+23Nevertheless, I am continually with you.You have held my right hand.+24You will guide me with your counsel,and afterward receive me to glory.+25Whom do I have in heaven?There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.+26My flesh and my heart fails,but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.+27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.+28But it is good for me to come close to God.I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge,that I may tell of all your works.+Footnotes (3)
a73:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
b73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
c73:28 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
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