Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!

My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.

Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within,

When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.

They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.

Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.

They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!