Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely
God
is
good to Israel, to those
who
are
pure
in
heart.
A Psalm of Asaph. Only
--
good to Israel `is'
God
, to the
clean
of
heart. And
I
--
as
a
little
thing,
My
feet
have
been
turned
aside,
But
as for
me
, my
feet
had
almost
stumbled;
my steps had
nearly
slipped .
As nothing
, have
my steps slipped ,
For
I
have
been
envious
of
the
boastful,
For
I
envied
the arrogant
when
I
saw
the
prosperity
of the wicked .
The peace
of the wicked I
see,
That
there
are
no
bands
at
their
death,
They
have
no
struggle
in
their
death;
their bodies
are
well-fed
.
And
their might
`is'
firm
.
They
are
free
of
the burdens
others
carry;
they are not afflicted
like
other
men.
In
the misery
of
mortals
they are not ,
And
with
common
men they
are
not
plagued
.
Therefore pride is
their
necklace;
a
garment
of
violence covers
them.
Therefore hath
pride encircled
them,
Violence covereth
them as
a
dress
.
From
their prosperity
proceeds
iniquity;
the imaginations of their
hearts
run
wild.
Their eye
hath
come
out
from
fat.
The imaginations of the
heart
transgressed;
They mock
and speak
with
malice;
with
arrogance
they threaten
oppression.
They do
corruptly,
And they speak
in
the
wickedness
of
oppression ,
From
on
high
they
speak
.
They set their
mouths
against
the heavens, and their tongues
strut
across
the earth.
They have
set in
the heavens their
mouth
, And their tongue
walketh
in
the earth.
So
their
people return to
this
place
and drink
up
waters in
abundance
.
Therefore
do
His
people return hither,
And waters of
fulness
are
wrung
out
to
them
.
The
wicked
say
, “
How can
God know
? Does
the Most High have
knowledge
? ”
And
they
have
said
, `
How hath
God known
? And
is
there
knowledge
in
the Most High? '
Behold
, these are the wicked —
always
carefree
as
they increase
their
wealth
.
Lo
, these `
are '
the wicked and
easy
ones
of
the
age,
They have
increased
strength
.
Surely
in
vain I have kept
my heart pure;
in
innocence
I have
washed
my hands .
Only
--
a
vain thing!
I have purified
my heart ,
And
I wash
in
innocency
my hands ,
For
I am afflicted
all day long
and punished
every morning.
And
I am plagued
all the
day ,
And my
reproof
`is'
every morning.
If I had
said, “
I will
speak
this
way
, ”
then
I would
have betrayed
Your
children
.
If I have
said, `
I recount
thus
, '
Lo,
a
generation
of
Thy
sons
I have deceived
.
When
I tried
to understand
all
this, it was
troublesome
in my
sight
And
I think
to know
this, Perverseness
it `is'
in mine
eyes,
until
I entered
God’s
sanctuary;
then
I discerned
their end.
Till
I come
in
to
the
sanctuaries
of
God,
I attend
to
their latter
end.
Surely
You
set them on
slick
ground;
You
cast
them down
into
ruin
.
Only,
in
slippery
places
Thou
dost
set them ,
Thou
hast
caused
them to
fall
to
desolations
.
How suddenly
they are
laid
waste
, completely
swept
away
by
terrors !
How have
they become
a
desolation
as
in
a
moment
, They
have
been
ended
--
consumed
from
terrors .
Like
one
waking
from
a dream ,
so
You
, O Lord, awaken
and
despise
their form
.
As
a dream from
awakening
, O Lord, In
awaking,
their image
Thou
despisest
.
When
my heart was
grieved
and I
was
pierced
within
,
For
my heart doth
show
itself
violent,
And my
reins
prick
themselves
,
I
was
senseless
and ignorant;
I was
a brute
beast before
You
.
And I am
brutish,
and
do
not
know.
A beast I
have
been
with
Thee
.
Yet
I am always
with You;
You
hold my right hand.
And
I `
am '
continually
with Thee,
Thou
hast
laid
hold on
my right hand.
You
guide
me
with Your
counsel, and later
receive me in
glory
.
With Thy
counsel Thou
dost
lead
me
, And after
honour
dost
receive me.
Whom have I in heaven
but
You
? And on
earth
I desire
no
one
besides
You
.
Whom have I in the
heavens
? And with
Thee
none
I have
desired
in
earth
.
My flesh and my heart may
fail
, but
God
is
the strength
of my heart and my portion forever
.
Consumed
hath
been
my flesh and my heart, The rock
of my heart and my portion `is'
God
to
the
age
.
Those far from You
will
surely
perish ;
You
destroy
all
who are
unfaithful
to
You
.
For,
lo,
those far from Thee
do
perish ,
Thou
hast
cut
off
every
one,
Who is
going
a
whoring
from
Thee
.
But
as
for
me ,
it
is good to
draw
near
to
God.
I have made
the Lord GOD
my refuge, that
I
may
proclaim
all Your
works .
And
I
--
nearness
of
God
to
me `
is '
good ,
I have placed
in
the Lord Jehovah
my refuge, To
recount
all Thy
works !
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