BOOK III Surely God Is Good to Israel 3 Brenton For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners. BSB BSB: For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 Brenton For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and they have firmness under their affliction. BSB BSB: They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
5 Brenton They are not in the troubles of other men; and they shall not be scourged with other men. BSB BSB: They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
6 Brenton Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. BSB BSB: Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
7 Brenton Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention. BSB BSB: From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
8 Brenton They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily. BSB BSB: They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 Brenton They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth. BSB BSB: They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
10 Brenton Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them. BSB BSB: So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
11 Brenton And they said, 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 Brenton Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth. BSB BSB: Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
13 Brenton And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency. BSB BSB: Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
14 Brenton For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning. BSB BSB: For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
15 Brenton If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children. BSB BSB: If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
17 Brenton until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end. BSB BSB: until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
18 Brenton Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up. BSB BSB: Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
19 Brenton How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity. BSB BSB: How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
20 Brenton As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image. BSB BSB: Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
21 Brenton For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened. BSB BSB: When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
22 Brenton But I was vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee. BSB BSB: I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
23 Brenton Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand. BSB BSB: Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
24 Brenton Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory. BSB BSB: You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
25 Brenton For what have I in heaven but thee ? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee? BSB BSB: Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
26 Brenton My heart and my flesh have failed: but God is the strength of my heart, and God is 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 Brenton For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee. BSB BSB: Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
28 Brenton But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion. 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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