1God truly is good to us Israeli people,
2As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God;
3because I envied those who proudly said that they did not need God,
4Those people do not have any pains;
5They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have;
6So they are proud, and their being proud is like a necklace that they show to others,
7From their inner beings they ◄pour out/do► evil deeds,
8They scoff at other people, and they talk about doing evil things to them;
9They say evil things about God who is in heaven [MTY],
10The result is that people listen to what they say and praise them
11Wicked people say to themselves, “God will certainly not [RHQ] know what we have done;
12That is what wicked people are like;
13So, God, I think it is useless that I have [RHQ] always done what you want me to,
14All day long I have problems,
15If I had said the things that the wicked people say,
16And when I tried to think about all this,
17But when I went to your temple, you spoke to me,
18Now I know that you will surely put them in slippery places,
19They will be destroyed instantly;
20They will disappear as quickly as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning;
21When I felt sad/bitter,
22I was stupid and ignorant,
23But I am always close to you,
24You guide me by teaching me,
25You are in heaven and I belong to you [RHQ],
26My body and my mind may become very weak,
27Those who remain far from you will be destroyed;
28But as for me, it is wonderful to be near to God