Psalms 73
1 A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in 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, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong.
For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
6 Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They have set their mouth against 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 return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
11 And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
And they say: 'How doth 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, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, 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 my chastisement came every morning.
15 If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
17 Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by 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, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
21 Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
For 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.
But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
23 Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
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; but 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, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray 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, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.
