Psalms 73
1 A psalm of Asaph surely [is] good to Israel God to [people] pure of heart.
A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
2 And I like a little (they had turned aside *Q(K)*) feet my like nothing (they had been poured out *Q(K)*) steps my.
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
3 For I was jealous of the boasters [the] well-being of wicked [people] I saw.
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners.
4 That there not [are] pangs to death their and [is] fat body their.
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
5 [are] in [the] trouble of Humankind not they and with humankind not they are stricken.
They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
6 Therefore [it is] a necklace [for] them pride it covers a garment of violence them.
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
7 It comes out from fat eye their they pass over [the] imaginations of heart.
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
8 They mock - and they may speak with evil oppression from a high place they speak.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
9 They set in the heavens mouth their and tongue their it walks on the earth.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
10 Therefore - (it turns back *Q(K)*) people his here and waters of full they are drained by them.
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
11 And they say how? does he know God and [is] there? knowledge with [the] Most High.
And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Here! these [are] wicked [people] and [people] at ease of perpetuity they increase wealth.
Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
13 Surely vanity I have kept pure heart my and I have washed in innocence hands my.
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 And I have been stricken all the day and rebuke my [has been] to the mornings.
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.
15 If I had said I will speak like here! [the] generation of children your I dealt treacherously with.
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of your children.
16 And I thought! to know this [was] trouble (it *Q(K)*) in view my.
And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
17 Until I went into [the] sanctuari of God I considered end their.
until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
18 Surely on slippery [places] you set them you make fall them to deceptions.
Surely you have appointed [judgements] to them because of their crafty dealings: you have cast them down when they were lifted up.
19 How! they have become a waste like a moment they come to an end they are finished from sudden terror.
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
20 Like a dream from when awakes O Lord when waken - image their you will despise.
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in your city you will despise their image.
21 If it was embittered heart my and kidneys my I was pierced.
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
22 And I [was] stupid and not I knew animals I was with you.
But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before you.
23 And I continually [am] with you you take hold on [the] hand of right my.
Yet I am continually with you: you have holden my right hand.
24 With counsel your you guide me and after honor you will take me.
You have guided me by your counsel, and you have taken me to yourself with glory.
25 Who? [belongs] to me in the heavens and with you not I take pleasure on the earth.
For what have I in heaven [but you]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside you?
26 It had come to an end flesh my and heart my [is] [the] rock of heart my and portion my God for ever.
My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
27 For there! [people] far from you they will perish you destroy every [one who] acts as a prostitute from you.
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from you shall perish: you have destroyed every one that goes a whoring from you.
28 And I - [the] approach of God for me [is] good I have made - in [the] Lord Yahweh refuge my to recount all works your.
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
