| 73 | Psalms | Reference | |
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| [A Psalm of Asaph.] | BOOK 3. (Ps.73-89) Triumph of Justice. Psalm 73 | ||
| Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart. | |||
| But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped. | |||
| For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | |||
| For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek. | |||
| They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men. | |||
| Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. | |||
| Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies. | |||
| They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. | |||
| They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. | |||
| Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them. | |||
| And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" | |||
| Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. | |||
| All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. | |||
| For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning. | |||
| If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children. | |||
| But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, | |||
| until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end. | |||
| Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin. | |||
| How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! | |||
| They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms. | |||
| When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, | |||
| I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee. | |||
| Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand. | |||
| Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory. | |||
| Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee. | |||
| My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. | |||
| For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee. | |||
| But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works. | |||
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