Psalm 73:1WEB
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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A Psalm by Asaph.
Psalm 73:1WEB
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Psalm 73:2WEB
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
Psalm 73:3WEB
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73:4WEB
For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
Psalm 73:5WEB
They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalm 73:6WEB
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
Psalm 73:7WEB
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Psalm 73:8WEB
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
Psalm 73:9WEB
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
Psalm 73:10WEB
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
Psalm 73:11WEB
They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Psalm 73:12WEB
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Psalm 73:13WEB
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
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For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
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If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
Psalm 73:16WEB
When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
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until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
Psalm 73:18WEB
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Psalm 73:19WEB
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
Psalm 73:20WEB
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Psalm 73:21WEB
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
Psalm 73:22WEB
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Psalm 73:23WEB
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
Psalm 73:24WEB
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:25WEB
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
Psalm 73:26WEB
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:27WEB
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
Psalm 73:28WEB
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.