1  Truly God is good to cIsrael,

to those who are dpure in heart.

2  But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,

my steps had nearly slipped.

3  eFor I was fenvious of the arrogant

when I saw the gprosperity of the wicked.

4  For they have no pangs until death;

their bodies are fat and sleek.

5  They are not in trouble as others are;

they are not hstricken like the rest of mankind.

6  Therefore pride is itheir necklace;

violence covers them as ja garment.

7  Their keyes swell out through fatness;

their hearts overflow with follies.

8  They scoff and lspeak with malice;

loftily they threaten oppression.

9  They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongue struts through the earth.

10  Therefore his people turn back to them,

and find mno fault in them.1

11  And they say, n“How can God know?

Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

12  Behold, these are the wicked;

always at ease, they oincrease in riches.