Pray The Psalms

¹ 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.

All Scripture has been taken from
The Holy Bible - KJV (King James Version)

God the strength of my heart

Jesus is Lord!