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Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! 

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But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, My steps had almost slipped. 

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For I was envious of the boastful, I saw the peace of the wicked. 

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For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat. 

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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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Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. 

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Their eye bulges from fatness; The delusions of _their_ heart overflow. 

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They scoff and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. 

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They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue goes through the earth. 

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Therefore his people return here, _to his place_, And waters of fullness are drunk by them. 

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They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?" 

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Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased _in_ wealth. 

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Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence; 

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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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Until I came into the sanctuary of God; _Then_ I understood their end. 

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Surely You set them in slippery places; You cause them to fall to destruction. 

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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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When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, 

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Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was _like_ an animal before You. 

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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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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.