A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 1 3 2 Mat 5:8Psa 51:10Luk 12:32Psa 84:11Jas 4:8Jhn 1:47Rom 2:28-291Ch 25:1-6
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. Psa 94:181Sa 2:9Psa 116:8Psa 38:16Psa 17:5Jos 24:15Psa 17:15Psa 5:7
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Job 21:7Jer 12:1Pro 23:17Psa 37:7Psa 37:1Pro 24:1Jas 4:5Pro 3:31
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 4 Job 21:23-24Ecc 2:16Luk 16:22Psa 17:14Ecc 7:15Job 24:20Psa 17:10
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 5 6 Job 21:9Psa 73:12Jer 12:1-2Rev 3:191Co 11:32Heb 12:8Job 21:6Pro 3:11-12
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Psa 109:181Pe 5:5Dan 4:30Jdg 8:26Pro 1:9Pro 3:31Deu 32:15Deu 8:13-14
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 7 Jer 5:28Job 15:27Psa 17:10Psa 73:121Sa 25:21Sa 25:36Ezk 16:49Isa 3:9
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. Jud 1:16Psa 17:10Psa 10:22Pe 2:102Pe 2:18Jer 7:9-11Pro 30:13-14Psa 10:10-11
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. Rev 13:6Exo 5:2Jas 3:62Ch 32:15Dan 3:15Dan 7:25Luk 18:4Job 21:14
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. Psa 75:8
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Hos 7:2Zep 1:12Ezk 8:12Job 22:13-14Psa 73:9Psa 94:7Psa 10:11Psa 139:1-6
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Psa 52:7Hos 12:7-8Jer 5:28Jas 5:1-3Jer 12:1-2Jer 5:17Luk 16:19Psa 17:14
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. Job 21:15Psa 26:6Job 34:9Job 35:3Heb 10:19-22Jas 4:8Mal 3:14Psa 51:10
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. 8 Heb 12:5Psa 94:121Pe 1:6Amo 3:2Jer 15:18Job 7:3-4Psa 34:19Job 10:17
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. Mal 2:8Mat 18:6-7Psa 24:6Rom 14:151Pe 2:9Psa 14:5Psa 22:30Rom 14:21
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 9 Ecc 8:17Jhn 16:18-19Luk 18:32-34Pro 30:2-3Psa 36:6Psa 39:6Psa 77:19Psa 97:2
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Luk 12:20Psa 77:13Ecc 8:12-13Psa 27:4Psa 119:24Psa 37:37-38Psa 63:2Jer 5:31
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. Jer 23:12Psa 35:6Deu 32:352Th 1:9Psa 55:23Psa 94:23Psa 37:20Psa 37:35-38
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. Isa 47:11Dan 5:6Pro 28:11Th 5:3Isa 30:13Job 15:21Job 20:5Rev 18:10
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Job 20:8Psa 78:65Isa 29:7-8Psa 39:6Psa 7:6Psa 90:5
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. Psa 37:7Lam 3:13Psa 73:3Job 16:13Psa 37:1
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. 10 11 Ecc 3:18Psa 92:6Isa 1:3Psa 49:10Pro 30:2Psa 32:9Job 18:3Psa 69:5
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Isa 41:13Psa 63:8Mat 28:20Heb 13:5Psa 16:8Psa 23:4Mat 1:23Isa 41:10
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Psa 32:8Isa 58:11Pro 3:5-6Isa 48:17Psa 48:14Psa 25:9Isa 30:21Jas 1:5
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. Php 3:8Psa 16:2Psa 63:3Psa 16:5Isa 26:8-9Mat 10:37Psa 104:34Psa 16:11
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 12 2Co 12:9-10Isa 40:29-31Psa 138:3Psa 18:22Co 4:8-102Co 4:16-18Psa 16:5-6Psa 84:2
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. Jas 4:4Psa 119:155Exo 34:15Num 15:39Psa 106:39Rev 17:1-5Isa 29:13Job 21:14-15
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. Jas 4:8Psa 40:5Heb 10:19-22Lam 3:25-26Psa 65:41Pe 3:18Psa 118:17Psa 71:24