1Truly 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

2Yet my feet almost gave way; My steps had well nigh 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 proud, 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 they have no pains even to their death; Their bodies are in full health.

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

5They have not the woes of other men, Neither are they smitten like other men.

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

6Therefore pride encircleth their neck as a collar; Violence covereth them as a garment.

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

7From their bosom issueth their iniquity; The designs of their hearts burst forth.

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

8They mock, and speak of malicious oppression; Their words are haughty;

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

9They stretch forth their mouth to the heavens, And their tongue goeth through the earth;

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

10Therefore his people walk in their ways, And there drink from full fountains.

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Psalms 75:8, Psalms 75:8

11And they say, "How doth God know? How can there be knowledge with 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 ungodly! Yet they are ever prosperous; they heap up riches.

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

13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain; In vain have I 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 every day have I been smitten; Every morn have I been chastened.

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

15If I should resolve to speak like them, Surely I should be treacherous to the family of thy children.

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

16So, when I studied to know this, It was painful to my eyes;

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

17Until I went into the sanctuaries of God, And considered what was their end.

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

18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.

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

19How are they brought to desolation in a moment, And utterly consumed with sudden destruction!

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

20As a dream when one awaketh, Thou, O Lord! when thou awakest, wilt make their vain show a derision.

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

21When my heart was vexed And I was pierced in my reins,

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

22Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.

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

23Yet am I ever under thy care; By my right hand thou dost hold me up.

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

24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And at last receive me in glory.

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

25Whom have I in heaven but thee, And whom on earth do I love in comparison with thee?

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

26Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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

27For, lo! they who are far from thee perish; Thou destroyest all who estrange themselves from thee.

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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 draw near to God; I put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, That I may declare all thy works.

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