Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
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 like [other] men.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, 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 return hither: and 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, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go 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 But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
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.
