T<\/span>ruly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.<\/span><\/p>\n 2<\/sup>But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.<\/span> <\/p>\n