Psalms - Chapter 73 | American Standard Version

  • 1. A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, {cf15i Even} to such as are pure in heart.
  • 2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
  • 3. For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • 4. For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
  • 5. They are not in trouble as {cf15i other} men; Neither are they plagued like {cf15i other} men.
  • 6. Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
  • 7. Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
  • 8. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
  • 9. They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • 10. Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full {cf15i cup} are drained by them.
  • 11. And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
  • 12. Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
  • 13. Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
  • 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
  • 15. If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
  • 16. When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
  • 17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
  • 18. Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
  • 19. How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • 20. As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
  • 21. For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
  • 22. So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was {cf15i as} a beast before thee.
  • 23. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
  • 24. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
  • 25. Whom have I in heaven {cf15i but thee}? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
  • 26. My flesh and my heart faileth; {cf15i 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 play the harlot, {cf15i departing} from thee.
  • 28. But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
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