Psalms 73
1 melody to/for Asaph surely pleasant to/for Israel God to/for pure heart
God truly is good to [us] Israeli people, to those who totally want to do all that God desires.
2 and I like/as little (to stretch *Q(K)*) foot my like/as nothing (to pour: scatter *Q(K)*) step my
As for me, I almost [stopped trusting in God]; [it was as though] my feet slipped and I stumbled [MET],
3 for be jealous in/on/with to be foolish peace: well-being wicked to see: see
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 for nothing bond to/for death their and fat strength their
Those people do not have any pains; they are [always] strong and healthy.
5 in/on/with trouble human nothing they and with man not to touch
They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do.
6 to/for so to ornament them pride to envelope garment violence to/for 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 to come out: come from fat eye their to pass figure heart
From their inner beings they (pour out/do) evil deeds, and they are always thinking about more evil things to do.
8 to mock and to speak: speak in/on/with bad: evil oppression from height to speak: 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 to appoint in/on/with heaven lip their and tongue their to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet
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 to/for so (to return: return *Q(K)*) people his here and water full to drain to/for 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 to say how? to know God and there knowledge in/on/with 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 behold these wicked and at ease forever: enduring to increase strength: rich
That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.
13 surely vain to clean heart my and to wash: wash in/on/with innocence palm 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 to be to touch all [the] day and argument my to/for morning
All day long I have problems, and every morning you punish me.
15 if to say to recount like behold generation son: child your to act treacherously
If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people.
16 and to devise: think [emph?] to/for to know this trouble (he/she/it *Q(K)*) in/on/with eye: appearance my
And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me [to understand it].
17 till to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary God to understand to/for 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 in/on/with smoothness to set: make to/for them to fall: fall them to/for desolation
[Now I know that] you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.
19 how? to be to/for horror: destroyed like/as moment to cease to finish from terror
They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.
20 like/as dream from to awake Lord in/on/with to rouse image their to 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 for to leaven heart my and kidney my to sharpen
When I felt sad/bitter, and brokenhearted,
22 and I stupid and not to know animal to be with you
I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you.
23 and I continually with you to grasp in/on/with hand right my
But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.
24 in/on/with counsel your to lead me and after glory to take: recieve 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? to/for me in/on/with heaven and with you not to delight in in/on/with land: country/planet
You are in heaven and I belong to you [RHQ], and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.
26 to end: expend flesh my and heart my rock heart my and portion my God to/for forever: enduring
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 behold removed your to perish to destroy all to fornicate from you
Those who remain far from you will be destroyed; you will get rid of those who abandon you.
28 and I nearness God to/for me pleasant to set: make in/on/with Lord YHWH/God refuge my to/for to recount all work 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].
