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1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.
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2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.
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3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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4 For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.
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4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
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5 They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
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5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.
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6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
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6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
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7 Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
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7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
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8 They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
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8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
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9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
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9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
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10 Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.
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10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.
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11 And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
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11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"
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12 Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.
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12 This is what the wicked are like-- always carefree, they increase in wealth.
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13 All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
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13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
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14 For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.
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14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.
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15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
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15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.
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16 But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
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16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me
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17 until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
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17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
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18 Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
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18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
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19 How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
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19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
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20 Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
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20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.
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21 When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,
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21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
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22 I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
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22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
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23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
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23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
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24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.
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24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
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25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
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25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
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26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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27 For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
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27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
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28 But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
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