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Psalms 72
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
73:1
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
73:2
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners.
73:3
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
73:4
They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
73:5
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
73:6
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
73:7
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity (note: Literally Their eye bulges with fatness; Syriac From their callous heart proceeds iniquity); the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
73:8
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
73:9
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
73:10
So their people (note: Or His people) return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
73:11
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
73:12
Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
73:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.
73:14
For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.
73:15
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
73:16
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
73:17
until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Surely thou hast appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.
73:20
Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
73:21
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.
73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.
73:23
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.
73:24
You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
For what have I in heaven [but thee]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?
73:25
Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength (note: Hebrew rock) of my heart and my portion forever.
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.
73:27
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
73:28
But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.