1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure 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, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
4. For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
5. They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:
6. Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;
7. Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart: