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