PS-73:1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even]

to such as are

of a clean heart.

PS-73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had

well nigh

slipped.

PS-73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the

prosperity of the

wicked.

PS-73:4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their

strength [is] firm.

PS-73:5 They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are

they plagued

like [other] men.

PS-73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;

violence covereth

them [as] a garment.

PS-73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than

heart could

wish.

PS-73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning]

oppression: they

speak loftily.

PS-73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their

tongue walketh

through the earth.

PS-73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a

full [cup] are

wrung out to them.

PS-73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge

in the most

High?

PS-73:12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the

world; they

increase [in] riches.

PS-73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed

my hands in

innocency.

PS-73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened

every

morning.

PS-73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend

[against] the

generation of thy children.

PS-73:16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for

me;

PS-73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then]

understood I their

end.

PS-73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou

castedst them

down into destruction.

PS-73:19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment!

they are

utterly consumed with terrors.

PS-73:20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou

awakest, thou

shalt despise their image.

PS-73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my

reins.

PS-73:22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast

before thee.

PS-73:23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast

holden [me] by

my right hand.

PS-73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward

receive me [to]

glory.

PS-73:25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none

upon earth

[that] I desire beside thee.

PS-73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the

strength of my

heart, and my portion for ever.

PS-73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou

hast

destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

PS-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.

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