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The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as are pure in heart.
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as are pure in heart.
Surely God is Good to Israel
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
My steps had nearly slipped.
My steps had nearly slipped.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
For I was envious of the boastful,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like other men.
Nor are they plagued like other men.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment.
Violence covers them like a garment.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.
And their tongue walks through the earth.
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return here,
And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
And they say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
For all day long I have been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
And chastened every morning.
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood their end.
Then I understood their end.
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
You cast them down to destruction.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
As a dream when one awakes,
So, Lord, when You awake,
You shall despise their image.
So, Lord, when You awake,
You shall despise their image.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
I was like a beast before You.
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
You hold me by my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
And afterward receive me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.