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