1. Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.
2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
3. For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4. For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
5. They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.
6. Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
7. Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
8. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
9. They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
10. Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
11. And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?