Psalms 73

1 A Psalm of Asaph. Only — good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of heart. And I — as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

A PSALM OF ASAPH. Surely God [is] good to Israel, to the clean of heart. And I—as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

2 As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

As nothing, my steps have slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

I see the peace of the wicked, That there are no bands at their death,

4 And their might [is] firm.

And their might [is] firm.

5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

They are not in the misery of mortals, And they are not plagued with common men.

6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

Therefore pride has encircled them, Violence covers them as a dress.

7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, They speak from on high.

9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walks in the earth.

10 Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

Therefore His people return here, And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.

11 And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

And they have said, “How has God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”

12 Lo, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

Behold, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

13 Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash my hands in innocence,

14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.

And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof—every morning.

15 If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

If I have said, “I recount thus,” Behold, I have deceived a generation of Your sons.

16 And I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,

And I think to know this, It [is] perverseness in my eyes,

17 Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

Until I come into the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

18 Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

Surely You set them in slippery places, You have caused them to fall to desolations.

19 How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended — consumed from terrors.

How they have become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended—consumed from terrors.

20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, You despise their image.

21 For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

For my heart shows itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

22 And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

And I am brutish, and do not know. I have been a beast with You.

23 And I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.

And I [am] continually with You, You have laid hold on my right hand.

24 With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.

You lead me with Your counsel, And after, receive me [to] glory.

25 Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

Whom do I have in the heavens? And none have I desired in earth [besides] You.

26 Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.

My flesh and my heart have been consumed, God [is] the rock of my heart and my portion for all time.

27 For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.

For behold, those far from You perish, You have cut off everyone, Who is going whoring from You.

28 And I — nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

And [the] nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed my refuge in Lord YHWH, To recount all Your works!