Psalms 73:1
Surely God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.
Psalms 73:2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had well nigh slipped.
Psalms 73:3
For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 73:4
For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm.
Psalms 73:5
They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like other men.
Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment.
Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Psalms 73:8
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily.
Psalms 73:9
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Psalms 73:10
Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Psalms 73:11
And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth.
Psalms 73:13
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Psalms 73:14
for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psalms 73:15
If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons.
Psalms 73:16
When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,
Psalms 73:17
until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.
Psalms 73:18
Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Psalms 73:19
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms 73:20
As a dream from awakening, O Lord, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.
Psalms 73:21
For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart.
Psalms 73:22
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Psalms 73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee. Thou have held my right hand.
Psalms 73:24
Thou will guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:27
For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee.
Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to draw near to God. I have made the lord Jehovah my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.