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 compasseth them about as a chain; violence
covereth them [as] a garment.
73:7
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
walketh through the earth.
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Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full
[cup] are wrung out to them.
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And they say, How doth 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 innocency.
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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 thy 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 thou didst set them in slippery places: thou
castedst 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] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou
awakest, thou shalt 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 thee.
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Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast
holden [me] by my right hand.
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Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward
receive me [to] glory.
73:25
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon
earth [that] I desire beside thee.
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My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength
of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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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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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.