60 lines
2.2 KiB
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60 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Chapter 73
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1 Truly God is good to Israel,
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To such as are pure in heart.
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2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
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My steps had nearly slipped.
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3 For I was envious of the boastful,
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When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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4 For there are no pangs in their death,
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But their strength is firm.
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5 They are not in trouble as other men,
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Nor are they plagued like other men.
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6 Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
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Violence covers them like a garment.
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7 Their eyes bulge with abundance;
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They have more than heart could wish.
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8 They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
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They speak loftily.
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9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
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And their tongue walks through the earth.
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10 Therefore his people return here,
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And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
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11 And they say, “How does God know?
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And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
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12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
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Who are always at ease;
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They increase in riches.
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13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,
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And washed my hands in innocence.
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14 For all day long I have been plagued,
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And chastened every morning.
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15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
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Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
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16 When I thought how to understand this,
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It was too painful for me—
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17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
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Then I understood their end.
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18 Surely You set them in slippery places;
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You cast them down to destruction.
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19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
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They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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20 As a dream when one awakes,
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So, Lord, when You awake,
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You shall despise their image.
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21 Thus my heart was grieved,
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And I was vexed in my mind.
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22 I was so foolish and ignorant;
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I was like a beast before You.
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23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;
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You hold me by my right hand.
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24 You will guide me with Your counsel,
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And afterward receive me to glory.
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25 Whom have I in heaven but You?
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And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
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26 My flesh and my heart fail;
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But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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27 For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish;
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You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
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28 But it is good for me to draw near to God;
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I have put my trust in the Lord God,
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That I may declare all Your works. |