Psalms 73
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in 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, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| 4 | For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound. |
| 5 | In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men. |
| 6 | Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment. |
| 7 | Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart. |
| 8 | They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high. |
| 9 | They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. |
| 10 | Therefore His people return hither; And waters of fullness are drained out by them. |
| 11 | And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?' |
| 12 | Behold, such are the wicked; And they that are always at ease increase riches. |
| 13 | Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; |
| 14 | For all the day have I been plagued, And my chastisement came every morning. |
| 15 | If I had said: 'I will speak thus', Behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children. |
| 16 | And when I pondered how I might know this, It was wearisome in mine eyes; |
| 17 | Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, And considered their end. |
| 18 | Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin. |
| 19 | How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors. |
| 20 | As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance. |
| 21 | For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pricked in my reins. . |
| 22 | But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee. |
| 23 | Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand. |
| 24 | Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, And afterward receive me with glory. |
| 25 | Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth. |
| 26 | My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. |
| 27 | For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee. |
| 28 | But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Thy works. |