1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

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Matthew 5:8, Matthew 5:8, Psalms 51:10, Psalms 51:10, Luke 12:32

2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

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Psalms 94:18, Psalms 94:18, 1 Samuel 2:9, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 116:8

3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Job 21:7, Job 21:7, Psalms 37:7, Jeremiah 12:1, Proverbs 23:17

4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

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Job 21:23, Job 21:24, Job 21:23, Job 21:24, Psalms 17:10

5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

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Psalms 73:12, Job 21:9, Psalms 73:12, Job 21:9, Revelation 3:19

6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

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Psalms 109:18, Psalms 109:18, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:5, Judges 8:26

7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

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Psalms 17:10, Job 15:27, Jeremiah 5:28, Psalms 17:10, Job 15:27

8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

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Jude 1:16, Jude 1:16, Psalms 17:10, Psalms 17:10, Psalms 10:2

9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

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Revelation 13:6, Revelation 13:6, James 3:6, James 3:6, Exodus 5:2

10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

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Psalms 75:8, Psalms 75:8

11They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

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Hosea 7:2, Zephaniah 1:12, Hosea 7:2, Zephaniah 1:12, Job 22:13

12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

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Psalms 52:7, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:10, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 12:2

13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

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Psalms 26:6, Job 34:9, Job 21:15, Psalms 26:6, Job 34:9

14For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

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Psalms 94:12, Hebrews 12:5, Psalms 94:12, Hebrews 12:5, Job 7:18

15If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

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Matthew 18:6, Matthew 18:7, Malachi 2:8, Matthew 18:6, Matthew 18:7

16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

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Ecclesiastes 8:17, Ecclesiastes 8:17, Psalms 36:6, John 16:18, John 16:19

17Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

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Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:13, Luke 12:20, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 77:13

18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

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Psalms 35:6, Psalms 35:6, Jeremiah 23:12, Jeremiah 23:12, Deuteronomy 32:35

19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

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Daniel 5:6, Isaiah 47:11, Proverbs 28:1, Daniel 5:6, Isaiah 47:11

20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

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Job 20:8, Job 20:8, Psalms 78:65, Psalms 78:65, Isaiah 29:7

21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

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Psalms 37:7, Psalms 37:7, Job 16:13, Job 16:13, Psalms 73:3

22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

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Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 49:10

23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

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Isaiah 41:13, Isaiah 41:13, Psalms 63:8, Psalms 63:8, Matthew 28:20

24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

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Psalms 32:8, Psalms 32:8, Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 58:11, Proverbs 3:5

25Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.

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Philippians 3:8, Philippians 3:8, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 63:3

26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

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2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Isaiah 40:29

27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

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James 4:4, James 4:4, Psalms 119:155, Psalms 119:155, Exodus 34:15

28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

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Psalms 40:5, Psalms 40:5, James 4:8, James 4:8, Hebrews 10:19