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