Psalms 73
1 A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
2 As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
3 For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong.
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
6 Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
7 Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
14 For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
17 Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
20 As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
21 Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
23 Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
27 For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
28 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.
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.
