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\ms Book Three
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\c 73
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\p
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\d A psalm of Asaph.
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\b
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\q
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\v 1 Surely God is good to Israel,
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\q to those with a pure heart.
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\q
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\v 2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
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\q my feet almost slipped out from under me
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\q
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\v 3 because I was envious of the arrogant
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\q when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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\q
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\v 4 For they have no pain until their death,
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\q but they are strong and well fed.
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\q
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\v 5 They are free from the burdens of other men;
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\q they are not afflicted like other men.
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\q
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\v 6 Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck;
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\q violence clothes them like a robe.
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\q
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\v 7 Out of such blindness comes sin;
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\q evil thoughts pass through their hearts.
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\q
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\v 8 They mock and speak wickedly;
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\q in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
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\q
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\v 9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
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\q and their tongues march through the earth.
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\q
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\v 10 Therefore his people turn to them
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\q and abundant waters are drained out.
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\q
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\v 11 They say, "How does God know?
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\q Is there knowledge with the Most High?"
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\q
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\v 12 Take notice: these people are wicked;
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\q they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.
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\q
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\v 13 Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart
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\q and washed my hands in innocence.
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\q
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\v 14 For all the day long I have been afflicted
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\q and disciplined every morning.
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\q
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\v 15 If I had said, "I will say these things,"
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\q then I would have betrayed this generation of your children.
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\q
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\v 16 Though I tried to understand these things,
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\q it was too difficult for me.
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\q
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\v 17 Then I went into God's sanctuary
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\q and came to understand their fate.
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\q
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\v 18 Surely you put them in slippery places;
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\q you bring them down to ruin.
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\q
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\v 19 How they become a wilderness in a moment!
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\q They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.
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\q
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\v 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up;
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\q2 Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.
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\q
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\v 21 For my heart was grieved,
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\q and I was deeply wounded.
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\q
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\v 22 I was ignorant and lacked insight;
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\q I was like a senseless animal before you.
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\q
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\v 23 Yet I am always with you;
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\q you hold my right hand.
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\q
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\v 24 You will guide me with your advice
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\q and afterward receive me to glory.
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\q
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\v 25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
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\q There is no one on earth that I desire but you.
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\q
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\v 26 My flesh and my heart grow weak,
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\q but God is the strength of my heart forever.
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\q
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\v 27 Those who are far from you will perish;
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\q you will destroy all those who are unfaithful
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to you.
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\q
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\v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God.
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\q I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge.
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\q I will declare all your deeds.
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