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| Psalms 73: (ASV) |
| 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 covereth 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 walketh through the earth. |
| 10) Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them. |
| 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 chastened every morning. |
| 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 too painful for me; |
| 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 destruction. |
| 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, when thou awakest, thou wilt 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 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 to glory. |
| 25) Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
| 26) My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
| 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. |