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Psalm 73 · Book Three · Asaph
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Hebrew title · Berean Standard Bible
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1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.2But as for me, my feet were almost gone;my steps had well nigh slipped.3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.4For there are no bands in their death:but their strength is firm.5They are not in trouble as other men;neither are they plagued like other men.6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;violence covereth them as a garment.7Their eyes stand out with fatness:they have more than heart could wish.8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:they speak loftily.9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.10Therefore his people return hither:and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world;they increase in riches.13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.15If I say, I will speak thus;behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;17Until I went into the sanctuary of God;then understood I their end.18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places:thou castedst them down into destruction.19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.20As a dream when one awaketh;so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.22So foolish was I, and ignorant:I was as a beast before thee.23Nevertheless I am continually with thee:thou hast holden me by my right hand.24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.26My flesh and my heart faileth:but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.28But 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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