Psalms Chapter 73
73:1 | A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to ![]() |
73:2 | But as for me, my ![]() |
73:3 | For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
73:4 | For [there are] no bands in their ![]() |
73:5 | They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men. |
73:6 | Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a ![]() |
73:7 | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. |
73:8 | They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily. |
73:9 | They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the ![]() |
73:10 | Therefore his people return hither: and ![]() |
73:11 | And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? |
73:12 | Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches. |
73:13 | ![]() |
73:14 | For all the ![]() |
73:15 | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the ![]() |
73:16 | When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me; |
73:17 | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end. |
73:18 | Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. |
73:19 | How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. |
73:20 | As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. |
73:21 | Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. |
73:22 | So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee. |
73:23 | Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand. |
73:24 | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] ![]() |
73:25 | Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon ![]() |
73:26 | My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. |
73:27 | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. |
73:28 | But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my ![]() |