Therefore pride is their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].
Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires];
The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],
I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.
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