731Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart.+2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.+3For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.+4For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.+5They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men.+6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.+7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.+8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.+9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.+10Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.+11And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?+12Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.+13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;+14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.+15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.+16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;+17Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.+18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.+19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.+20As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.+21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:+22So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.+23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.+24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.+25Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.+26My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.+27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.+28But 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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