1 A Psalm to Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
1 A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart! That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
2 But my feet were almost moved, my steps almost slipped.
2 But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 Because I have had zeal upon the wicked, seeing the peace of sinners.
3 Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
4 Because there is no respect to their death: and stability in their plague.
4 For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
5 In the labours of men they are not, and with men they shall not be scourged.
5 They are not in the labor of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
6 Therefore hath pride held them, they are covered with their iniquity and impiety.
6 Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
7 Their iniquity hath proceeded as it were of fat: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
7 Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
8 They have thought and have spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
8 They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
9 They have set their mouth unto heaven: and their tongue hath passed in the earth.
9 They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
10 Therefore will my people return here: and full days shall be found in them.
10 Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
11 And they have said: How doth God know, and is there knowledge in the highest?
11 And they said: How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Lo the sinners themselves, and they that abound in the world, have obtained riches.
12 Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
13 And I said: Then have I justified my heart without cause, and have washed my hands amongst innocents:
13 And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
14 And have been scourged all the day, and my chastising in the mornings.
14 And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
15 If I said: I will speak this: behold I reproved the nation of thy children.
15 If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
16 I thought to know this thing, it is labour before me:
16 I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labor in my sight:
17 Until I may enter into the sanctuary of God: and may understand concerning their latter ends.
17 Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
18 But yet for guiles thou hast put it to them: thou hast cast them down whilst they were elevated.
18 But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
19 How are they brought into desolation, they have failed suddenly: they have perished for their iniquity.
19 How are they brought to desolation? They have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
20 As the dream of them that rise, o Lord, in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
20 As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
21 Because my heart is inflamed, and my reins are changed:
21 For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
22 And I am brought to nothing, and knew not.
22 And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
23 As a beast am I become with thee: and I always with thee.
23 I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
24 Thou hast held my right hand: and in thy will thou hast conducted me, and with glory thou hast received me.
24 Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.
25 For what is to me in heaven? And besides thee what would I upon the earth?
25 For what have I in heaven? And besides thee what do I desire upon earth?
26 My flesh hath fainted, and my heart: God of my heart, and God my portion for ever.
26 For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion forever.
27 For behold, they that make themselves far from thee, shall perish: thou hast destroyed all that fornicate from thee.
27 For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.
28 But it is good for me to cleave to God: to put my hope in our Lord God. That I may shew forth all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
28 But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: