1 A Psalm of Asaph.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
3 For I was envious at the arrogant,
4 For there are no pangs in their death;
5 They are not in trouble as
6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness:
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens,
10 Therefore his people return hither:
11 And they say, How doth God know?
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,
14 For all the day long have I been plagued,
15 If I had said, I will speak thus;
16 When I thought how I might know this,
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God,
18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places:
19 How are they become a desolation in a moment!
20 As a dream when one awaketh,
21 For my soul was grieved,
22 So brutish was I, and ignorant;
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel,
25 Whom have I in heaven
26 My flesh and my heart faileth;
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God: