Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
melody to/for Asaph surely pleasant to/for Israel God to/for pure heart
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
and I like/as little (to stretch *Q(K)*) foot my like/as nothing (to pour: scatter *Q(K)*) step my
3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
for be jealous in/on/with to be foolish peace: well-being wicked to see: see
4 They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
for nothing bond to/for death their and fat strength their
5 They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
in/on/with trouble human nothing they and with man not to touch
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
to/for so to ornament them pride to envelope garment violence to/for them
7 From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
to come out: come from fat eye their to pass figure heart
8 They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
to mock and to speak: speak in/on/with bad: evil oppression from height to speak: speak
9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
to appoint in/on/with heaven lip their and tongue their to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet
10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
to/for so (to return: return *Q(K)*) people his here and water full to drain to/for them
11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
and to say how? to know God and there knowledge in/on/with Most High
12 Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
behold these wicked and at ease forever: enduring to increase strength: rich
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
surely vain to clean heart my and to wash: wash in/on/with innocence palm my
14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
and to be to touch all [the] day and argument my to/for morning
15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
if to say to recount like behold generation son: child your to act treacherously
16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
and to devise: think [emph?] to/for to know this trouble (he/she/it *Q(K)*) in/on/with eye: appearance my
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
till to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary God to understand to/for end their
18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
surely in/on/with smoothness to set: make to/for them to fall: fall them to/for desolation
19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
how? to be to/for horror: destroyed like/as moment to cease to finish from terror
20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
like/as dream from to awake Lord in/on/with to rouse image their to despise
21 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
for to leaven heart my and kidney my to sharpen
22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
and I stupid and not to know animal to be with you
23 Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
and I continually with you to grasp in/on/with hand right my
24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
in/on/with counsel your to lead me and after glory to take: recieve me
25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
who? to/for me in/on/with heaven and with you not to delight in in/on/with land: country/planet
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
to end: expend flesh my and heart my rock heart my and portion my God to/for forever: enduring
27 Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
for behold removed your to perish to destroy all to fornicate from you
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.
and I nearness God to/for me pleasant to set: make in/on/with Lord YHWH/God refuge my to/for to recount all work your
