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.