<vn='1'>A <sn="4210">Psalm</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s>. <sn="389">Truly</s><sn="430">God</s> is <sn="2896">good</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s>, even to such as are of a <sn="1249">clean</s><sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>But as for <sn="589">me</s>, my <sn="7272">feet</s> were <sn="4592">almost</s><sn="5186">gone</s>; my <sn="838">steps</s> had well <sn="369">nigh</s><sn="8210">slipped</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> I was <sn="7065">envious</s> at the <sn="1984">foolish</s>, when I <sn="7200">saw</s> the <sn="7965">prosperity</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s> there are <sn="369">no</s><sn="2784">bands</s> in their <sn="4194">death</s>: but their <sn="193">strength</s> is <sn="1277">firm</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>They are <sn="369">not</s> in <sn="5999">trouble</s> as other <sn="582">men</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> are they <sn="5060">plagued</s><sn="5973">like</s> other <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="1346">pride</s> compasseth them about as a <sn="6059">chain</s>; <sn="2555">violence</s><sn="5848">covereth</s> them as a <sn="7897">garment</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Their <sn="5869">eyes</s> stand <sn="3318">out</s> with <sn="4480 2459">fatness</s>: they have <sn="5674">more</s> than <sn="3824">heart</s> could <sn="4906">wish</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>They are <sn="4167">corrupt</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="7451">wickedly</s> concerning <sn="6233">oppression</s>: they <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="4480 4791">loftily</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>They <sn="8371">set</s> their <sn="6310">mouth</s> against the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and their <sn="3956">tongue</s><sn="1980">walketh</s> through the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="1988">hither</s>: and <sn="4325">waters</s> of a <sn="4392">full</s> cup are wrung <sn="4680">out</s> to them. </v>
<vn='11'>And they <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="349">How</s> doth <sn="410">God</s><sn="3045">know</s>? and is <sn="3426">there</s><sn="1844">knowledge</s> in the most <sn="5945">High</s>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="428">these</s> are the <sn="7563">ungodly</s>, who <sn="7961">prosper</s> in the <sn="5769">world</s>; they <sn="7685">increase</s> in <sn="2428">riches</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="389">Verily</s> I have <sn="2135">cleansed</s> my <sn="3824">heart</s> in <sn="7385">vain</s>, and <sn="7364">washed</s> my <sn="3709">hands</s> in <sn="5356">innocency</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>For <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> long have I <sn="1961">been</s><sn="5060">plagued</s>, and <sn="8433">chastened</s> every <sn="1242">morning</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="518">If</s> I <sn="559">say</s>, I will <sn="5608">speak</s><sn="3644">thus</s>; <sn="2009">behold</s>, I should <sn="898">offend</s> against the <sn="1755">generation</s> of thy <sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>When I <sn="2803">thought</s> to <sn="3045">know</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> was too <sn="5999">painful</s><sn="5869">for</s> me; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="5704">Until</s> I <sn="935">went</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4720">sanctuary</s> of <sn="410">God</s>; then <sn="995">understood</s> I their <sn="319">end</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="389">Surely</s> thou didst <sn="7896">set</s> them in slippery <sn="2513">places</s>: thou castedst them <sn="5307">down</s> into <sn="4876">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="349">How</s><sn="1961">are</s> they brought into <sn="8047">desolation</s>, as in a <sn="7281">moment</s>! they are utterly <sn="5486 8552">consumed</s><sn="4480">with</s><sn="1091">terrors</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>As a <sn="2472">dream</s> when one <sn="4480 6974">awaketh</s>; so, O <sn="136">Lord</s>, when thou <sn="5782">awakest</s>, thou shalt <sn="959">despise</s> their <sn="6754">image</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">Thus</s> my <sn="3824">heart</s> was <sn="2556">grieved</s>, and I was <sn="8150">pricked</s> in my <sn="3629">reins</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>So <sn="1198">foolish</s> was <sn="589">I</s>, and <sn="3808 3045">ignorant</s>: I <sn="1961">was</s> as a <sn="929">beast</s><sn="5973">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='23'>Nevertheless <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="8548">continually</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee: thou hast <sn="270">holden</s> me by my <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Thou shalt <sn="5148">guide</s> me with thy <sn="6098">counsel</s>, and <sn="310">afterward</s><sn="3947">receive</s> me to <sn="3519">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="4310">Whom</s> have I in <sn="8064">heaven</s> but thee? and there is <sn="3808">none</s> upon <sn="776">earth</s> that I <sn="2654">desire</s><sn="5973">beside</s> thee. </v>
<vn='26'>My <sn="7607">flesh</s> and my <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="3615">faileth</s>: but <sn="430">God</s> is the <sn="6697">strength</s> of my <sn="3824">heart</s>, and my <sn="2506">portion</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, they that are <sn="7369">far</s> from thee shall <sn="6">perish</s>: thou hast <sn="6789">destroyed</s><sn="3605">all</s> them that go a <sn="2181">whoring</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee. </v>
<vn='28'>But <sn="589">it</s> is <sn="2896">good</s> for me to draw <sn="7132">near</s> to <sn="430">God</s>: I have <sn="7896">put</s> my <sn="4268">trust</s> in the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, that I may <sn="5608">declare</s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="4399">works</s>. </v>