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