Psalms 73

1 A psalm of Asaph surely [is] good to Israel God to [people] pure of heart.

God truly is good to [us] Israeli people, to those who totally want to do all that God desires.

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.

As for me, I almost [stopped trusting in God]; [it was as though] my feet slipped and I stumbled [MET],

3 For I was jealous of the boasters [the] well-being of wicked [people] I saw.

because I envied those who proudly [said that they did not need God], and I saw that they prospered [even though] they were wicked.

4 That there not [are] pangs to death their and [is] fat body their.

Those people do not have any pains; they are [always] strong and healthy.

5 [are] in [the] trouble of Humankind not they and with humankind not they are stricken.

They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do.

6 Therefore [it is] a necklace [for] them pride it covers a garment of violence them.

So they are proud, and their being proud is [like] a necklace [that they show to others], and they show off their violent actions like people show off their beautiful robes.

7 It comes out from fat eye their they pass over [the] imaginations of heart.

From their inner beings they (pour out/do) evil deeds, and they are always thinking about more evil things to do.

8 They mock - and they may speak with evil oppression from a high place they speak.

They scoff at [other people], and they talk about doing evil things to them; they are proud while they plan to oppress others.

9 They set in the heavens mouth their and tongue their it walks on the earth.

They say evil things about [God who is in] heaven [MTY], and they talk boastfully/proudly about things [that they have done] here on the earth.

10 Therefore - (it turns back *Q(K)*) people his here and waters of full they are drained by them.

The result is that people listen to what they say and praise them and do not think that they have done anything that is wrong.

11 And they say how? does he know God and [is] there? knowledge with [the] Most High.

Wicked people say [to themselves], “God will certainly not [RHQ] know [what we have done]; [people say that] he is greater than any other god, but he does not know [everything].”

12 Here! these [are] wicked [people] and [people] at ease of perpetuity they increase wealth.

That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.

13 Surely vanity I have kept pure heart my and I have washed in innocence hands my.

[So, God], I think it is useless that I have [RHQ] always done what you want me to, and that I have not sinned.

14 And I have been stricken all the day and rebuke my [has been] to the mornings.

All day long I have problems, and every morning you punish me.

15 If I had said I will speak like here! [the] generation of children your I dealt treacherously with.

If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people.

16 And I thought! to know this [was] trouble (it *Q(K)*) in view my.

And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me [to understand it].

17 Until I went into [the] sanctuari of God I considered end their.

But when I went to your temple, [you spoke to me], and I understood what will happen to the wicked people [after they die].

18 Surely on slippery [places] you set them you make fall them to deceptions.

[Now I know that] you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.

19 How! they have become a waste like a moment they come to an end they are finished from sudden terror.

They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.

20 Like a dream from when awakes O Lord when waken - image their you will despise.

They [will disappear as quickly] as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; Lord, when you arise, you will (cause them to disappear/forget all about them).

21 If it was embittered heart my and kidneys my I was pierced.

When I felt sad/bitter, and brokenhearted,

22 And I [was] stupid and not I knew animals I was with you.

I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you.

23 And I continually [am] with you you take hold on [the] hand of right my.

But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.

24 With counsel your you guide me and after honor you will take me.

You guide me by teaching me, and (at the end [of my life]/when I die), you will receive me and honor me.

25 Who? [belongs] to me in the heavens and with you not I take pleasure on the earth.

You are in heaven and I belong to you [RHQ], and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.

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 body and my mind may become very weak, but God, you continue to enable me to be strong; I belong to you forever.

27 For there! [people] far from you they will perish you destroy every [one who] acts as a prostitute from you.

Those who remain far from you will be destroyed; you will get rid of those who abandon 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 [as for] me, it is wonderful to be near to God and to be protected by Yahweh, and to proclaim to others all that he has done [for me].