Psalms Chapter 73
| 1 | Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. | 2 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. | 3 | For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | 4 | For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. | 5 | They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. | 6 | Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. | 7 | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. | 8 | They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. | 9 | They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. | 10 | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. | 11 | And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? | 12 | Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. | 13 | Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. | 14 | For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. | 15 | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. | 16 | When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; | 17 | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. | 18 | Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. | 19 | How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. | 20 | As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. | 21 | Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. | 22 | So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. | 23 | Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. | 24 | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. | 25 | Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. | 26 | My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. | 27 | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. | 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. |