1 A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel [is] God, to the  clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been  turned aside,
         
                                
                        2 As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious  of the boastful,
         
                                
                        3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at  their death,
         
                                
                        4 And their might [is] firm.
         
                                
                        5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men  they are not plagued.
         
                                
                        6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them  as a dress.
         
                                
                        7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the  heart transgressed;