to the upright of heart!
2. But as for me, my feet almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
3. For I was jealous of transgressors,
seeing how sinners prosper.
4. For there is no sign of reluctance in their death;
they are steadfast in their affliction.
5. They experience not the trials
of others,
nor are they afflicted like others.
6. Therefore haughtiness
has possessed them;
they have clothed themselves with injustice and impiety.
7. Their injustice springs forth
in fat supply;
they have fulfilled the intention
of their heart.
8. They have taken counsel
and spoke wickedly;
they uttered injustice to high heaven.
9. They have set their mouth
against heaven;
and their tongue has wagged
over all the earth.
10. Therefore my people shall return
to this,
and fullness of days shall be found
with them.
11. Indeed they said,
“How does God know?
Is there any knowledge
in the Most High?”
12. Behold, these are the sinners,
the ones who always prosper,
possessing great wealth.
13. Then I said, “I have in vain kept my heart just,
and washed my hands in innocence.
14. All the day long I have been plagued,
and my reproof was every morning.”
15. If said, I will make an open declaration;
I would have been treacherous to your children’s generation.
16. Yet I undertook to understand this,
but alas, it is too difficult for me.
17. When I go to the sanctuary of God,
then I may understand the final outcome.
18. It is because of their crafty dealings,
that you have dealt thus with them.
You have cast them down,
when they thought they were exalted.
19. How they have become desolate!
They have vanished in a flash!
They have perished
because of their lawlessness.
20. Like the dream of someone rising from sleep,
you, O Lord, in your city will spurn their phantom.
21. Therefore, my heart has been filled with joy,
and my stomach—tied in knots—has been relieved.
22. Yet I was despicable and knew it not;
I had become like a brute beast
before you.
23. Nevertheless, I am always with you,
because you held me by my right hand.
24. You have guided me by your counsel,
and taken me to yourself in glory.
25. For what is there in heaven for me besides you?
And what have I desired on earth other than you?
26. Have my heart and my flesh failed?
God is the life of my heart.
God is my portion forever.
27. For behold, those who remove themselves from you,
shall utterly perish.
You have destroyed everyone
who leaves you
to play the whore.
28. Thus it is good for me
to cleave to God,
to place my trust in the Lord,
that I may proclaim all your praises,
in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
Psalm 76
13. O God, your path is in holiness.
What god is as great as our God?
14. You are the God who works wonders,
you have made known among the peoples your power.
15. You redeemed with your arm your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph.
16. The waters saw you, O God,
the waters saw you and trembled,
and the abyss was deeply troubled.
17. Great was the roaring of waters,
the clouds uttered a sound,
for your bolts were passing
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