The Nearness of God Is My Good
A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is agood to Israel,
To those who are bpure in heart!
2 But as for me, amy feet had almost stumbled,
My steps had almost slipped.
3 For I was aenvious of the boastful,
I saw the bpeace of the wicked.
4 For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.
5 They are anot in trouble as other men,
And they are not bstricken along with the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore lofty pride is atheir necklace;
The bgarment of violence covers them.
7 Their eye bulges from afatness;
The delusions of their heart overflow.
8 They ascoff and wickedly speak of oppression;
They bspeak from on high.
9 They have aset their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue goes through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return here, to his place,
And waters of afullness are drunk by them.
11 They say, “aHow does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
12 Behold, athese are the wicked;
And always bat ease, they have increased in wealth.
13 Surely ain vain I have kept my heart pure
And bwashed my hands in innocence;
14 For I have been stricken aall day long
And breproved every morning.