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