Psalms 73
1 A psalm of Asaph surely [is] good to Israel God to [people] pure of heart.
BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure 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 as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was jealous of the boasters [the] well-being of wicked [people] I saw.
For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 That there not [are] pangs to death their and [is] fat body their.
For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
5 [are] in [the] trouble of Humankind not they and with humankind not they are stricken.
In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
6 Therefore [it is] a necklace [for] them pride it covers a garment of violence them.
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 It comes out from fat eye their they pass over [the] imaginations of heart.
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
8 They mock - and they may speak with evil oppression from a high place they speak.
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
9 They set in the heavens mouth their and tongue their it walks on the earth.
They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore - (it turns back *Q(K)*) people his here and waters of full they are drained by them.
Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
11 And they say how? does he know God and [is] there? knowledge with [the] Most High.
And they say: 'How doth 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, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
13 Surely vanity I have kept pure heart my and I have washed in innocence hands my.
Surely in vain have I cleansed 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 all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
15 If I had said I will speak like here! [the] generation of children your I dealt treacherously with.
If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
16 And I thought! to know this [was] trouble (it *Q(K)*) in view my.
And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
17 Until I went into [the] sanctuari of God I considered end their.
Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
18 Surely on slippery [places] you set them you make fall them to deceptions.
Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
19 How! they have become a waste like a moment they come to an end they are finished from sudden terror.
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
20 Like a dream from when awakes O Lord when waken - image their you will despise.
As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
21 If it was embittered heart my and kidneys my I was pierced.
For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 And I [was] stupid and not I knew animals I was with you.
But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
23 And I continually [am] with you you take hold on [the] hand of right my.
Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
24 With counsel your you guide me and after honor you will take me.
Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
25 Who? [belongs] to me in the heavens and with you not I take pleasure on the earth.
Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
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 flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and 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, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
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 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.
