to those who are pure in heart.

My steps had nearly slipped.

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

but their strength is firm.

neither are they plagued like other men.

Violence covers them like a garment.

Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

Their tongue walks through the earth.

and they drink up waters of abundance.

Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

and washed my hands in innocence,

and punished every morning.

behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

it was too painful for me,

and considered their latter end.

You throw them down to destruction.

They are completely swept away with terrors.

so, Lord,73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

I was embittered in my heart.

I was a brute beast before you.

You have held my right hand.

and afterward receive me to glory.

There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

I have made the Lord Yahweh73:28 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. my refuge,

that I may tell of all your works.