[A Psalm of Asaph.] Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands 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 compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
1[Asaf Dwom.] Nokorɛm, Onyankopɔn yɛ papa ma Israel, wɔn a wɔn akoma mu teɛ mpo.Under pastoral review
2Nanso me deɛ, na m'anan reyɛ apa; na aka kakra na m'anammɔn awatiri.Under pastoral review
3Efisɛ na m'ani abere nkwaseafoɔ ho, ɛberɛ a mehunuu amumuyɛfoɔ yiedie no.Under pastoral review
4Efisɛ nkyehoma biara nni wɔn owuo mu: na mmom wɔn ahoɔden yɛ den.Under pastoral review
5Wɔnni ɔhaw mu sɛ nnipa afoforɔ; na amanehunu nto wɔn sɛ nnipa afoforɔ.Under pastoral review
6Ɛno enti ahantan atwa wɔn ho ahyia sɛ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn; basabasayɛ kata wɔn so sɛ atadeɛ.Under pastoral review
7Wɔn ani pue firi sradeɛ mu: wɔwɔ deɛ ɛboro deɛ akoma bɛpɛ so.Under pastoral review
8Wɔaporɔ, na wɔka amumuyɛsɛm fa nhyɛsoɔ ho: wɔkasa ahomasoɔ mu.Under pastoral review
9Wɔde wɔn ano tia ɔsoro, na wɔn tɛkrɛma nante fa asase so.Under pastoral review
10Ɛno enti ne nkurɔfoɔ san ba ha: na wɔkyi kuruwa ma mu nsuo ma wɔn.Under pastoral review
11Na wɔka sɛ, Ɛyɛ dɛn na Onyankopɔn hunu? na nimdeɛ wɔ Ɔsorosoroni mu anaa?Under pastoral review
12Hwɛ, yeinom ne amumuyɛfoɔ, a wɔdi yie wɔ wiase; wɔn ahonyadeɛ dɔɔso.Under pastoral review
13Nokorɛm, mate m'akoma ho kwa, na mahohoro me nsa wɔ bem mu.Under pastoral review
14Efisɛ da mu nyinaa wɔatwe m'aso, na wɔatene me anɔpa biara.Under pastoral review
15Sɛ meka sɛ, Mɛkasa saa a; hwɛ, anka mɛfom wo mma awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ no.Under pastoral review
16Ɛberɛ a medwenee sɛ mɛhunu yei no, na ɛyɛ me den dodo;Under pastoral review
17Kɔsii sɛ mekɔɔ Onyankopɔn kronkronbea hɔ; ɛnna mehunuu wɔn awieeɛ.Under pastoral review
18Ampa ara wode wɔn sii mmeaeɛ a ɛyɛ toro: wode wɔn hwee fam ma wɔsɛeɛ.Under pastoral review
19Ɛyɛ dɛn na wɔadane amamfo sɛ berɛ tiawa bi mu! ehu asɛe wɔn koraa.Under pastoral review
20Sɛ daeɛ a obi nyane firi mu; saa ara, Ao Awurade, sɛ wonyane a, wobɛbu wɔn suban animtiaa.Under pastoral review
21Saa na m'akoma dii yaw, na wɔwɔɔ me wɔ m'asaabo mu.Under pastoral review
22Na meyɛ ɔkwasea ne deɛ ɔnnim: meyɛɛ sɛ aboa wɔ w'anim.Under pastoral review
23Nanso me ne wo wɔ hɔ daa: woasɔ me nsa nifa mu.Under pastoral review
24Wode w'afotuo bɛkyerɛ me kwan, na akyire no woagye me akɔ animuonyam mu.Under pastoral review
25Hwan na mewɔ ɔsoro ka wo ho? na obiara nni asase so a mepɛ no ka wo ho.Under pastoral review
26Me honam ne m'akoma toa: nanso Onyankopɔn ne m'akoma ahoɔden, ne me kyɛfa daa.Under pastoral review
27Efisɛ, hwɛ, wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri firi wo ho no bɛyera: woasɛe wɔn a wɔfiri wo ho kɔbɔ adwaman no nyinaa.Under pastoral review
28Nanso me deɛ, ɛyɛ papa sɛ mɛbɛn Onyankopɔn: mede me werɛ ahyɛ Awurade AWURADE mu, sɛ mɛka wo nnwuma nyinaa.Under pastoral review