      | ¶ | [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart. | |
 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. | ||
 | For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | ||
| For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm. | ||
| They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men. | ||
| Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment. | ||
| Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. | ||
| They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily. | ||
| They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. | ||
| Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them. | ||
| And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? | ||
| Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches. | ||
| Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency. | ||
| For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. | ||
| If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children. | ||
| When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me; | ||
| Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end. | ||
| Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. | ||
| How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. | ||
| As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. | ||
| Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. | ||
| So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee. | ||
| Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand. | ||
| Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory. | ||
| Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee. | ||
| My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. | ||
| For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. | ||
| But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. |
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Psalm 73
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