Psalms 73 — parallel

73:1

A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

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73:2

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

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73:3

For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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73:4

For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

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73:5

In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.

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73:6

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

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73:7

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

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73:8

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

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73:9

They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

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73:10

Therefore His people return hither; And waters of fullness are drained out by them.

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73:11

And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

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73:12

Behold, such are the wicked; And they that are always at ease increase riches.

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73:13

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

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73:14

For all the day have I been plagued, And my chastisement came every morning.

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73:15

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', Behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

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73:16

And when I pondered how I might know this, It was wearisome in mine eyes;

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73:17

Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, And considered their end.

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73:18

Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

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73:19

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

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73:20

As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

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73:21

For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pricked in my reins. .

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73:22

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

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73:23

Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.

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73:24

Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, And afterward receive me with glory.

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73:25

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

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73:26

My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

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73:27

For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

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73:28

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Thy works.

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