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- Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!
- But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.
- For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.
- They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind.
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- Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
- Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.
- They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
- They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.
- Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
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- They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"
- Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
- Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;
- For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.
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