1<\/sup>A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.<\/span> <\/p>\n