Psa 73 | ASV | e4.org | A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.

‏ Psalms 73

1 A Psalm of Asaph. ^▼▼1 Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart. ^{▼▼1) Or Only good is God} 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the ^▼▼1 arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ^{▼▼1) Or fools} 4 For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. 5 They are not ^▼▼1 in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men. ^{▼▼1) Heb in the trouble of men} 6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: ^▼▼1 They have more than heart could wish. ^{▼▼1) Or The imaginations of their heart overflow.} 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak ^▼▼1 loftily. ^{▼▼1) Or from on high} 9 They have set their mouth ^▼▼1 in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. ^{▼▼1) Or against} 10 Therefore ^▼▼1 his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them. ^{▼▼1) Another reading is he will bring back his people} 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 ^▼▼1 chastened every morning. ^{▼▼1) Heb my chastisement was}

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 ^▼▼1 too painful for me; ^{▼▼1) Heb labor in mine eyes} 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 ^▼▼1 destruction. ^{▼▼1) Heb ruins} 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, ^▼▼1 when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. ^{▼▼1) Or in the city}

21 For my soul ^▼▼1 was grieved, And I was pricked in my ^▼▼2 heart: ^{▼▼1) Heb was in a ferment 2) Heb reins} 22 So brutish ^▼▼1 was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast ^▼▼2 before thee. ^{▼▼1) Or am 2) Heb with 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 ^▼▼1 to glory. ^{▼▼1) Or with} 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire ^▼▼1 besides thee. ^{▼▼1) Or with thee} 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the ^▼▼1 strength of my heart and my portion for ever. ^{▼▼1) Heb rock} 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, 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.