| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A psalm of Asaph. God is indeed good to Israel, to the pure in heart. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my steps nearly went astray. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For I envied the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They have an easy time until they die, and their bodies are well fed. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They are not in trouble like others; they are not afflicted like most people. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They mock, and they speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten oppression. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Therefore His people turn to them and drink in their overflowing words. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The wicked say, "How can God know? Does the Most High know everything?" |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Look at them--the wicked! They are always at ease, and they increase their wealth. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Did I purify my heart and wash my hands in innocence for nothing? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15If I had decided to say these things aloud, I would have betrayed Your people. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16When I tried to understand all this, it seemed hopeless |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17until I entered God's sanctuary. Then I understood their destiny. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Indeed, You put them in slippery places; You make them fall into ruin. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Like one waking from a dream, Lord, when arising, You will despise their image. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I was stupid and didn't understand; I was an unthinking animal toward You. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me up in glory. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Who do I have in heaven but You? And I desire nothing on earth but You. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Those far from You will certainly perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28But as for me, God's presence is my good. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, so I can tell about all You do. |
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