Psalms 73
1 A psalm of Asaph surely [is] good to Israel God to [people] pure of heart.
A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who 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 nearly slipped.
3 For I was jealous of the boasters [the] well-being of wicked [people] I saw.
For I was envious of 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 struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
5 [are] in [the] trouble of Humankind not they and with humankind not they are stricken.
They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore [it is] a necklace [for] them pride it covers a garment of violence them.
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7 It comes out from fat eye their they pass over [the] imaginations of heart.
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8 They mock - and they may speak with evil oppression from a high place they speak.
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9 They set in the heavens mouth their and tongue their it walks on the earth.
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore - (it turns back *Q(K)*) people his here and waters of full they are drained by them.
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11 And they say how? does he know God and [is] there? knowledge with [the] Most High.
They say, “How does God know? 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 wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
13 Surely vanity I have kept pure heart my and I have washed in innocence hands my.
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14 And I have been stricken all the day and rebuke my [has been] to the mornings.
For all day long I have been plagued, and punished 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 would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16 And I thought! to know this [was] trouble (it *Q(K)*) in view my.
When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
17 Until I went into [the] sanctuari of God I considered end their.
until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18 Surely on slippery [places] you set them you make fall them to deceptions.
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19 How! they have become a waste like a moment they come to an end they are finished from sudden terror.
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
20 Like a dream from when awakes O Lord when waken - image their you will despise.
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21 If it was embittered heart my and kidneys my I was pierced.
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22 And I [was] stupid and not I knew animals I was with you.
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23 And I continually [am] with you you take hold on [the] hand of right my.
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24 With counsel your you guide me and after honor you will take me.
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Who? [belongs] to me in the heavens and with you not I take pleasure on the earth.
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides 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 flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 For there! [people] far from you they will perish you destroy every [one who] acts as a prostitute from you.
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to 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 come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
