| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They scoff and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in all their words. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11“What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?” |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Look at these wicked people— enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I get nothing but trouble all day long; every morning brings me pain. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15If I had really spoken this way to others, I would have been a traitor to your people. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is! |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19In an instant they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20When you arise, O Lord, you will laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the morning. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
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