Psalms 73
1 Surely God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had well nigh slipped.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm.
For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like other men.
They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they afflicted like [other] men.
6 Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth.
Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,
When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] I understood their end.
18 Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
19 How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O LORD, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
21 For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart.
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee. Thou have held my right hand.
Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast held [me] by my right hand.
24 Thou will guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee.
For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God. I have made the lord Jehovah my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
