1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those with a pure heart.10 Therefore his people turn to them and abundant waters are drained out.11 They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge with the Most High?”12 Take notice: these people are wicked; they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.13 Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart and washed my hands in innocence.14 For all the day long I have been afflicted and disciplined every morning.15 If I had said, “I will say these things,” then I would have betrayed this generation of your children.16 Though I tried to understand these things, it was too difficult for me.17 Then I went into God's sanctuary and came to understand their fate.18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.19 How they become a wilderness in a moment! They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slipped out from under me20 They are like a dream after one wakes up; Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.21 For my heart was grieved, and I was deeply wounded.22 I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was like a senseless animal before you.23 Yet I am always with you; you hold my right hand.24 You will guide me with your advice and afterward receive me to glory.25 Whom have I in heaven but you? There is no one on earth that I desire but you.26 My flesh and my heart grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart forever.27 Those who are far from you will perish; you will destroy all those who are unfaithful to you.28 But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge. I will declare all your deeds.3 because I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.4 For they have no pain until their death, but they are strong and well fed.5 They are free from the burdens of other men; they are not afflicted like other men.6 Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck; violence clothes them like a robe.7 Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts pass through their hearts.8 They mock and speak wickedly; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues march through the earth.