BOOK III Surely God Is Good to Israel 3 AKJV For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. BSB BSB: For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 AKJV For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. BSB BSB: They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
5 AKJV They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. BSB BSB: They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
6 AKJV Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. BSB BSB: Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
7 AKJV Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. BSB BSB: From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
8 AKJV They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. BSB BSB: They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 AKJV They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. BSB BSB: They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
10 AKJV Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. BSB BSB: So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
11 AKJV And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? BSB BSB: The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
12 AKJV Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. BSB BSB: Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
13 AKJV Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. BSB BSB: Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
14 AKJV For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. BSB BSB: For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
15 AKJV If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children. BSB BSB: If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
17 AKJV Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. BSB BSB: until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
18 AKJV Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. BSB BSB: Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
19 AKJV How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. BSB BSB: How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
20 AKJV As a dream when one wakes; so, O Lord, when you wake, you shall despise their image. BSB BSB: Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
21 AKJV Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. BSB BSB: When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
22 AKJV So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you. BSB BSB: I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
23 AKJV Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand. BSB BSB: Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
24 AKJV You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. BSB BSB: You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
25 AKJV Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none on earth that I desire beside you. BSB BSB: Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
26 AKJV My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. BSB BSB: My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 AKJV For, see, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you. BSB BSB: Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
28 AKJV But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works. BSB BSB: But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
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