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BOOK 3

The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.

A Psalm of Asaph.

73 
God certainly is good to Israel,

To those who are pure in heart!

2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,

My steps [a]had almost slipped.

3 For I was envious of the [b]arrogant

As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no pains in their death,

And their belly is fat.

5 They are not [c]in trouble like other people,

Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind.

6 Therefore arrogance is their necklace;

The garment of violence covers them.

7 Their eye [d]bulges from fatness;

The imaginations of their heart overflow.

8 They mock and [e]wickedly speak of oppression;

They speak from on high.

9 They have set their mouth [f]against the heavens,

And their tongue [g]parades through the earth.

10 Therefore [h]his people return here,

And abundant waters are drunk by them.

11 They say, “How does God know?

And is there knowledge [i]with the Most High?”

12 Behold, these are the wicked;

And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

13 Surely in vain I have [j]kept my heart pure

And washed my hands in innocence;

14 For I have been stricken all day long,

And [k]punished every morning.

15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,”

Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

16 When I thought of understanding this,

It was [l]troublesome in my sight

17 Until I entered the [m]sanctuary of God;

Then I perceived their end.

18 You indeed put them on slippery ground;

You dropped them into [n]ruin.

19 How they are [o]destroyed in a moment!

They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

20 Like a dream when one awakes,

Lord, when stirred, You will despise their image.

21 When my heart was embittered

And I was pierced [p]within,

22 Then I was stupid and ignorant;

I was like an animal [q]before You.

23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;

You have taken hold of my right hand.

24 You will guide me with Your plan,

And afterward receive me [r]to glory.

25 Whom do I have in heaven but You?

And with You, I desire nothing on earth.

26 My flesh and my heart may fail,

But God is the [s]strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27 For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;

You have destroyed all those who [t]are unfaithful to You.

28 But as for me, the nearness of God is good for me;

I have made the Lord [u]God my refuge,

So that I may tell of all Your works.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:2 Lit were caused to slip
  2. Psalm 73:3 Or boasters
  3. Psalm 73:5 Lit in the trouble of people
  4. Psalm 73:7 Lit goes forth
  5. Psalm 73:8 Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression
  6. Psalm 73:9 Or in
  7. Psalm 73:9 Lit walks
  8. Psalm 73:10 Or His
  9. Psalm 73:11 Lit in
  10. Psalm 73:13 Or cleansed my heart
  11. Psalm 73:14 Lit my punishment
  12. Psalm 73:16 Lit labor, trouble
  13. Psalm 73:17 Lit sanctuaries
  14. Psalm 73:18 Or deception
  15. Psalm 73:19 Lit become a desolation
  16. Psalm 73:21 Lit in my kidneys
  17. Psalm 73:22 Lit with You
  18. Psalm 73:24 Or with honor
  19. Psalm 73:26 Lit rock
  20. Psalm 73:27 Lit go to a whoring from
  21. Psalm 73:28 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord