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Psalm 73 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Book Three: Psalms 73—89
PSALM 73
The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to Israel,
​​To such as are pure in heart.
2 ​​But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
​​My steps had nearly slipped.
3 ​​For I was envious of the boastful,
​​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,
​​Nor are they plagued like other men.
6 ​​Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
​​Violence covers them like a garment.
7 ​​Their eyes bulge[fn] with abundance;
​​They have more than heart could wish.
8 ​​They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
​​They speak loftily.
9 ​​They set their mouth against the heavens,
​​And their tongue walks through the earth.
​
10 ​​Therefore his people return here,
​​And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
11 ​​And they say, “How does God know?
​​And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 ​​Behold, these are the ungodly,
​​Who are always at ease;
​​They increase in riches.
13 ​​Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,
​​And washed my hands in innocence.
14 ​​For all day long I have been plagued,
​​And chastened every morning.
​
15 ​​If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
​​Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
16 ​​When I thought how to understand this,
​​It was too painful for me—
17 ​​Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
​​Then I understood their end.
​
18 ​​Surely You set them in slippery places;
​​You cast them down to destruction.
19 ​​Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
​​They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 ​​As a dream when one awakes,
​​So, Lord, when You awake,
​​You shall despise their image.
​
21 ​​Thus my heart was grieved,
​​And I was vexed in my mind.
22 ​​I was so foolish and ignorant;
​​I was like a beast before You.
23 ​​Nevertheless I am continually with You;
​​You hold me by my right hand.
24 ​​You will guide me with Your counsel,
​​And afterward receive me to glory.
​
25 ​​Whom have I in heaven but You?
​​And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
26 ​​My flesh and my heart fail;
​​But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
​
27 ​​For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish;
​​You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
28 ​​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 Your works.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Targum reads face bulges; Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read iniquity bulges.
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