Psalms 73:1
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure 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 at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 73:4
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
Psalms 73:5
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:
Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;
Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
Psalms 73:8
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
Psalms 73:9
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalms 73:10
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
Psalms 73:11
And they say, How can *God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Psalms 73:13
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
Psalms 73:14
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psalms 73:15
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
Psalms 73:16
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Psalms 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuaries of *God; then understood I their end.
Psalms 73:18
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Psalms 73:19
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Psalms 73:20
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
Psalms 73:21
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Psalms 73:22
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.
Psalms 73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Psalms 73:24
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Psalms 73:27
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
Psalms 73:28
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.