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Chapter 73 |
| 1 | Truly God is
good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. |
| 2 | But as for me,
my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 5 |
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other
men. |
| 6 |
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence
covereth them as a garment. |
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7 | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they
have more than heart could wish. |
| 8 | They are corrupt, and speak
wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. |
| 9 | They set their
mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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| 10 | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them. |
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11 | And they say, How doth God know? and is there
knowledge in the most High? |
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12 | Behold, these are the ungodly, who
prosper in the world; they increase in riches. |
| 13 | Verily I
have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. |
| 14 |
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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| 15 | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children. |
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16 | When I thought to know this, it was
too painful for me; |
| 17 | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then
understood I their end. |
| 18 | Surely thou didst set them in slippery
places: thou castedst them down into destruction. |
| 19 | How are they
brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with
terrors. |
| 20
| As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou
awakest, thou shalt despise their image. |
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21 | Thus my heart was grieved,
and I was pricked in my reins. |
| 22 | So foolish was I, and
ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. |
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23 | Nevertheless I am
continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. |
| 24 | Thou
shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
| 25 |
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire
beside thee. |
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26 | My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. |
| 27 | For, lo,
they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go
a whoring from thee. |
| 28 | 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. |
