Psalms:73
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Truly God is good to Israel ,
even to such as are of a clean heart .
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But as for me ,
my feet were almost gone ;
my steps had well nigh slipped .
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For I was envious at the foolish ,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked .
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For there are no bands in their death :
but their strength is firm .
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They are not in trouble as other men ;
neither are they plagued like other men .
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Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain ;
violence covers them as a garment .
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Their eyes stand out with fatness :
they have more than heart could wish .
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They are corrupt ,
and speak wickedly concerning oppression :
they speak loftily .
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They set their mouth against the heavens ,
and their tongue walks through the earth .
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Therefore his people return here :
and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them .
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And they say ,
How does God know ?
and is there knowledge in the most High ?
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Behold ,
these are the ungodly ,
who prosper in the world ;
they increase in riches .
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Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain ,
and washed my hands in innocence .
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For all the day long have I been plagued ,
and chastened every morning .
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If I say ,
I will speak thus ;
behold ,
I should offend against the generation of your children .
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When I thought to know this ,
it was too painful for me ;
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God ;
then understood I their end .
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Surely you did set them in slippery places :
you casted them down into destruction .
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How are they brought into desolation ,
as in a moment !
they are utterly consumed with terrors .
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As a dream when one awakes ;
so ,
O Lord ,
when you awake ,
you shall despise their image .
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Thus my heart was grieved ,
and I was pricked in my reins .
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So foolish was I ,
and ignorant :
I was as a beast before you .
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Nevertheless I am continually with you :
you have held me by my right hand .
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You shall guide me with your counsel ,
and afterward receive me to glory .
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Whom have I in heaven but you ?
and there is none upon earth that I desire beside you .
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My flesh and my heart fails :
but God is the strength of my heart ,
and my portion for ever .
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For ,
lo ,
they that are far from you shall perish :
you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you .
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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 your works .