Ps 73

0 Psalm 73 A Psalm of Asaph. 1 Surely God is good to Israel, [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 [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men. 6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covers 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 walks through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return here: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. 11 And they say, How does 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 your 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 you set them in slippery places: You cast 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 awakes, So, O Lord, when you awake, you will 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 [as] a beast before you. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with you: You have holden my right hand. 24 You will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven [but you]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart fails; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. 27 For, behold, they that are far from you shall perish: You have destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from you. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have made the Lord YHWH my refuge, That I may tell of all your works.