Psalms


73:1
 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.


73:2
 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.


73:3
 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.


73:4
 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.


73:5
 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.


73:6
 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.


73:7
 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.


73:8
 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.


73:9
 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.


73:10
 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.


73:11
 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?


73:12
 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.


73:13
 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.


73:14
 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.


73:15
 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.


73:16
 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;


73:17
 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.


73:18
 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.


73:19
 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.


73:20
 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.


73:21
 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.


73:22
 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.


73:23
 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.


73:24
 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.


73:25
 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.


73:26
 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.


73:27
 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.


73:28
 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.