86 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
86 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
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###### 1
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Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!
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###### 2
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But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, My steps had almost slipped.
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###### 3
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For I was envious of the boastful, I saw the peace of the wicked.
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###### 4
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For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.
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###### 5
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They are not in trouble _as other_ men, And they are not stricken along with _the rest of_ mankind.
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###### 6
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Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
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###### 7
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Their eye bulges from fatness; The delusions of _their_ heart overflow.
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###### 8
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They scoff and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
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###### 9
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They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue goes through the earth.
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###### 10
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Therefore his people return here, _to his place_, And waters of fullness are drunk by them.
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###### 11
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They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"
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###### 12
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Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased _in_ wealth.
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###### 13
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Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;
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###### 14
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For I have been stricken all day long And reproved every morning.
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If I had said, "I will recount thus," Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
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When I gave thought to know this, It was trouble in my sight
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###### 17
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Until I came into the sanctuary of God; _Then_ I understood their end.
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###### 18
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Surely You set them in slippery places; You cause them to fall to destruction.
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###### 19
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How they become desolate in a moment! They are completely swept away by terrors!
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Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
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###### 21
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When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,
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###### 22
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Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was _like_ an animal before You.
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###### 23
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Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
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With Your counsel You will lead me, And afterward take me in glory.
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Whom have I in heaven _but You_? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
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My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
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###### 27
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For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed everyone who is unfaithful to You.
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But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have set Lord Yahweh as my refuge, That I may recount all Your works.
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