| 1. A song of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to the pure of heart. |
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א. |
| 2. But as for me, my feet had almost turned away, in an instant my steps would have been swept away. |
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ב. |
| 3. For I envied the perverse; I would see the tranquility of the wicked. |
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ג. |
| 4. For there are no fetters to their death, and their health is sound. |
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ד. |
| 5. In the toil of mortal man they are not, neither are they plagued with mankind. |
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ה. |
| 6. Therefore, they wear pride as a necklace; the robbery that they commit envelops their hips. |
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ו. |
| 7. Because of their fat, their eyes bulge; they surpassed the imaginings of their heart. |
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ז. |
| 8. They consume, and speak wickedly about oppression; they speak about the Most High. |
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ח. |
| 9. They have set their mouth against Heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth. |
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ט. |
| 10. Therefore, His people will return here, and the waters of the full [stream] are drain water to them. |
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י. |
| 11. And they say, "How does God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
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יא. |
| 12. Behold these are wicked, yet they are tranquil in the world and have increased wealth. |
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יב. |
| 13. But for nought I cleansed my heart and bathed my hands with cleanliness. |
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יג. |
| 14. And I was plagued all the days, and my chastisement was every morning. |
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יד. |
| 15. If I said, "I shall tell it as it is," behold I have made the generation of Your children into traitors. |
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טו. |
| 16. And when I ponder to know this, it is iniquity in my eyes. |
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טז. |
| 17. Until I came to the sanctuaries of God, and I understood their end. |
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יז. |
| 18. Only in slippery places do You set them; You cast them down to ruin. |
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יח. |
| 19. How they became desolate instantly! They were completely consumed by terrors. |
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יט. |
| 20. As a dream without awakening; O Lord, in the city You will despise their form. |
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כ. |
| 21. For my heart was in ferment, and my mind was on edge. |
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כא. |
| 22. But I was brutish and I did not know; I was [as] a beast with You. |
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כב. |
| 23. Yet I was constantly with You; You grasped my right hand. |
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כג. |
| 24. With Your counsel You led me, and after[wards], You took me [for] glory. |
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כד. |
| 25. For whom do I have in heaven, and I desired no one with You on earth. |
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כה. |
| 26. My flesh and my heart yearn; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. |
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כו. |
| 27. For behold, those who have distanced themselves from You will perish; You have cut off anyone who strays from You. |
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כז. |
| 28. But as for me-God's nearness is my good; I have placed my refuge in the Lord God, to tell all Your mission. |
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כח. |
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