Psalms 73
1 A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those with a pure heart.
2 As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slipped out from under me
3 For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
because I was envious of 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 they have no pain until their death, but they are strong and well fed.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
They are free from the burdens of other men; they are not afflicted like other men.
6 Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck; violence clothes them like a robe.
7 Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts pass through their hearts.
8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
They mock and speak wickedly; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues march through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people turn to them and abundant waters are drained out.
11 And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge with the Most High?”
12 Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
Take notice: these people are wicked; they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.
13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
For all the day long I have been afflicted and disciplined 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 say these things,” then I would have betrayed this generation of your children.
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
Though I tried to understand these things, it was too difficult for me.
17 Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
Then I went into God's sanctuary and came to understand their fate.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
How they become a wilderness in a moment! They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.
20 As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
They are like a dream after one wakes up; Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.
21 Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
For my heart was grieved, and I was deeply wounded.
22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was like a senseless animal before you.
23 Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Yet I am always with you; you hold my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
You will guide me with your advice and afterward receive me to 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 you? There is no one on earth that I desire but you.
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 grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart forever.
27 For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
Those who are far from you will perish; you will destroy all those who are unfaithful to you.
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, all I need to do is to approach God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge. I will declare all your deeds.
