1 A Psalm * h4210 of Asaph * h623. Truly God * h430 is good * h2896 to Israel * h3478, even to such as are of a clean * h1249 heart * h3824. of: or, for Truly: or, Yet of...: Heb. clean of heart
2 But as for me, my feet * h7272 were almost * h4592 gone * h5186 h8804 h8675 * h5186 h8803; my steps * h838 had well nigh * h369 slipped * h8210 h8795.
3 For I was envious * h7065 h8765 at the foolish * h1984 h8802, when I saw * h7200 h8799 the prosperity * h7965 of the wicked * h7563.
4 For there are no bands * h2784 in their death * h4194: but their strength * h193 is firm * h1277. firm: Heb. fat
5 They are not in trouble * h5999 as other men * h582; neither are they plagued * h5060 h8792 like * h5973 other men * h120. in...: Heb. in the trouble of other men like: Heb. with
6 Therefore pride * h1346 compasseth them about as a chain * h6059 h8804; violence * h2555 covereth * h5848 h8799 them as a garment * h7897.
7 Their eyes * h5869 stand out * h3318 h8804 with fatness * h2459: they have more * h5674 h8804 than heart * h3824 could wish * h4906. have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart
8 They are corrupt * h4167 h8686, and speak * h1696 h8762 wickedly * h7451 concerning oppression * h6233: they speak * h1696 h8762 loftily * h4791.
9 They set * h8371 h8804 their mouth * h6310 against the heavens * h8064, and their tongue * h3956 walketh * h1980 h8799 through the earth * h776.
10 Therefore his people * h5971 return * h7725 h8799 h8675 * h7725 h8686 hither * h1988: and waters * h4325 of a full * h4392 cup are wrung out * h4680 h8735 to them.
11 And they say * h559 h8804, How doth God * h410 know * h3045 h8804? and is there * h3426 knowledge * h1844 in the most High * h5945?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly * h7563, who prosper * h7961 in the world * h5769; they increase * h7685 h8689 in riches * h2428.
13 Verily I have cleansed * h2135 h8765 my heart * h3824 in vain * h7385, and washed * h7364 h8799 my hands * h3709 in innocency * h5356.
14 For all the day * h3117 long have I been plagued * h5060 h8803, and chastened * h8433 every morning * h1242. chastened: Heb. my chastisement was
15 If I say * h559 h8804, I will speak * h5608 h8762 thus * h3644; behold, I should offend * h898 h8804 against the generation * h1755 of thy children * h1121.
16 When I thought * h2803 h8762 to know * h3045 h8800 this, it was too painful * h5999 for me * h5869; too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes
17 Until I went * h935 h8799 into the sanctuary * h4720 of God * h410; then understood * h995 h8799 I their end * h319.
18 Surely thou didst set * h7896 h8799 them in slippery places * h2513: thou castedst them down * h5307 h8689 into destruction * h4876.
19 How are they brought into desolation * h8047, as in a moment * h7281! they are utterly * h5486 h8804 consumed * h8552 h8804 with terrors * h1091.
20 As a dream * h2472 when one awaketh * h6974 h8687; so , O Lord * h136, when thou awakest * h5782, thou shalt despise * h959 h8799 their image * h6754.
21 Thus my heart * h3824 was grieved * h2556 h8691, and I was pricked * h8150 h8709 in my reins * h3629.
22 So foolish * h1198 was I, and ignorant * h3045 h8799: I was as a beast * h929 before thee. ignorant: Heb. I knew not before Heb. with
23 Nevertheless I am continually * h8548 with thee: thou hast holden * h270 h8804 me by my right * h3225 hand * h3027.
24 Thou shalt guide * h5148 h8686 me with thy counsel * h6098, and afterward * h310 receive * h3947 h8799 me to glory * h3519.
25 Whom have I in heaven * h8064 but thee ? and there is none upon earth * h776 that I desire * h2654 h8804 beside thee.
26 My flesh * h7607 and my heart * h3824 faileth * h3615 h8804: but God * h430 is the strength * h6697 of my heart * h3824, and my portion * h2506 for ever * h5769. strength: Heb. rock
27 For, lo, they that are far * h7369 from thee shall perish * h6 h8799: thou hast destroyed * h6789 h8689 all them that go a whoring * h2181 h8802 from thee.
28 But * h589 it is good * h2896 for me to draw near * h7132 to God * h430: I have put * h7896 h8804 my trust * h4268 in the Lord * h136 GOD * h3069, that I may declare * h5608 h8763 all thy works * h4399.