731A Psalm of Asaph. TrulyGod is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.+2But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;+3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.+4For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;+5They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:+6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;+7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:+8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:+9They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.+10Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.+11And they say, How canGod know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?+12Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.+13Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:+14For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.+15If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.+16When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;+17Until I went into the sanctuaries ofGod; [then] understood I their end.+18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.+19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.+20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.+21When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,+22Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.+23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;+24Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.+25Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.+26My flesh and my heart faileth:God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.+27For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.+28But as for me, it is good for me to draw near toGod: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.+
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