Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
4 They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong.
5 They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
7 From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
8 They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
21 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
23 Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
27 Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
28 But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
