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Psalm 73 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Nearness of God Is My Good

Psa 73:1

A Psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is good to Israel,

To those who are pure in heart!

Psa 73:2

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,

My steps [fn]had almost slipped.

Psa 73:3

For I was envious of the boastful,

I saw the peace of the wicked.

Psa 73:4

For there are no pains in their death,

And their [fn]body is fat.

Psa 73:5

They are not [fn]in trouble as other [fn]men,

And they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind.

Psa 73:6

Therefore lofty pride is their necklace;

The garment of violence covers them.

Psa 73:7

Their eye [fn]bulges from fatness;

The delusions of their heart overflow.

Psa 73:8

They scoff and [fn]wickedly speak of oppression;

They speak from on high.

Psa 73:9

They have set their mouth [fn]against the heavens,

And their tongue goes through the earth.

Psa 73:10

Therefore [fn]his people return here, to his place,

And waters of fullness are [fn]drunk by them.

Psa 73:11

They say, “How does God know?

And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

Psa 73:12

Behold, these are the wicked;

And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

Psa 73:13

Surely in vain I have [fn]kept my heart pure

And washed my hands in innocence;

Psa 73:14

For I have been stricken all day long

And [fn]reproved every morning.

Psa 73:15

If I had said, “I will recount thus,”

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

Psa 73:16

When I gave thought to know this,

It was trouble in my sight

Psa 73:17

Until I came into the [fn]sanctuary of God;

Then I understood their end.

Psa 73:18

Surely You set them in slippery places;

You cause them to fall to [fn]destruction.

Psa 73:19

How they become desolate in a moment!

They are completely swept away by terrors!

Psa 73:20

Like a dream when one awakes,

O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their [fn]form.

Psa 73:21

When my heart was embittered

And I was pierced [fn]within,

Psa 73:22

Then I was senseless and ignorant;

I was like [fn]an animal [fn]before You.

Psa 73:23

Nevertheless I am continually with You;

You have taken hold of my right hand.

Psa 73:24

With Your counsel You will lead me,

And afterward take me [fn]in glory.

Psa 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but You?

And [fn]besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

Psa 73:26

My flesh and my heart fail,

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

Psa 73:27

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

You have [fn]destroyed everyone who [fn]is unfaithful to You.

Psa 73:28

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

I have set Lord Yahweh as my refuge,

That I may recount all Your works.

LSB Footnotes
Lit were caused to slip
Or belly
Lit in the trouble of men
Or mortals
Lit goes forth
Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression
Or in
Or His
Lit drained out
Or cleansed my heart
Lit my rebuking
Lit sanctuaries
Lit ruins
Or image
Lit in my kidneys
Lit animals
Lit with You
Or with honor
Or with
Or silenced
Lit goes to a whoring from
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