New Living Translation | English Standard Version |
1Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure. | 1Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. |
2But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone. | 2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. |
3For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. | 3For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
4They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong. | 4For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. |
5They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else. | 5They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. |
6They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty. | 6Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. |
7These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for! | 7Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. |
8They scoff and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others. | 8They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. |
9They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth. | 9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. |
10And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in all their words. | 10Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. |
11“What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?” | 11And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?” |
12Look at these wicked people— enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply. | 12Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. |
13Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason? | 13All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. |
14I get nothing but trouble all day long; every morning brings me pain. | 14For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. |
15If I had really spoken this way to others, I would have been a traitor to your people. | 15If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children. |
16So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is! | 16But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, |
17Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked. | 17until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. |
18Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction. | 18Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. |
19In an instant they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors. | 19How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! |
20When you arise, O Lord, you will laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the morning. | 20Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. |
21Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. | 21When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, |
22I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. | 22I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. |
23Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. | 23Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. |
24You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. | 24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. |
25Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. | 25Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. |
26My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. | 26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
27Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you. | 27For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. |
28But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do. | 28But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. |
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