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Psalm 73 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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

Psa 73:1

A Psalm of Asaph.

Truly God is good to Israel,

To those who are pure in heart.

Psa 73:2

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

My steps had almost slipped.

Psa 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant

As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psa 73:4

For there are no pains in their death,

Their body is fat and pampered.

Psa 73:5

They are not in trouble as other men,

Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Psa 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace;

Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

Psa 73:7

Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires];

The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].

Psa 73:8

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;

They speak loftily [with malice].

Psa 73:9

They set their mouth against the heavens,

And their tongue swaggers through the earth.

Psa 73:10

Therefore his people return to this place,

And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.

Psa 73:11

They say, “How does God know?

Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”

Psa 73:12

Behold, these are the ungodly,

Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.

Psa 73:13

Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart

And washed my hands in innocence.

Psa 73:14

For all the day long have I been stricken,

And punished every morning.

Psa 73:15

If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],

I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

Psa 73:16

When I considered how to understand this,

It was too great an effort for me and too painful

Psa 73:17

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;

Then I understood [for I considered] their end.

Psa 73:18

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;

You cast them down to destruction.

Psa 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment!

They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!

Psa 73:20

Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,

O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

Psa 73:21

When my heart was embittered

And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],

Psa 73:22

Then I was senseless and ignorant;

I was like a beast before You.

Psa 73:23

Nevertheless I am continually with You;

You have taken hold of my right hand.

Psa 73:24

You will guide me with Your counsel,

And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

Psa 73:25

Whom have I in heaven [but You]?

And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

Psa 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail,

But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psa 73:27

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

You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.

Psa 73:28

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;

I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him,

That I may tell of all Your works.

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