1. Yet God is good to Israel,to each pure-hearted one.
2. But as for me, my steps near slipp'd,my feet were almost gone.
3. For I envious was, and grudg'dthe foolish folk to see,When I perceiv'd the wicked sortenjoy prosperity.
4. For still their strength continueth firm;their death of bands is free.
5. They are not toil'd like other men,nor plagu'd, as others be.
6. Therefore their pride, like to a chain,them compasseth about;And, as a garment, violencedoth cover them throughout.
7. Their eyes stand out with fat; they havemore than their hearts could wish.
8. They are corrupt; their talk of wrongboth lewd and lofty is.
9. They set their mouth against the heav'nsin their blasphemous talk;And their reproaching tongue throughoutthe earth at large doth walk.
10. His people oftentimes for thislook back, and turn about;Sith waters of so full a cupto these are poured out.
11. And thus they say, How can it bethat God these things doth know?Or, Can there in the Highest beknowledge of things below?