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