Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong.
5 They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they afflicted like [other] men.
They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
14 For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] I understood their end.
Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O LORD, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast held [me] by my right hand.
Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire besides thee.
Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
28 But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
