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New International Version NIV
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.
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But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.
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They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
5 They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
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They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
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Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
7 Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
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From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
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They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
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Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.
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Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.
11 And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
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They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.
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This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
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