Psalms 73 : 1 (LXXEN)
- How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
Psalms 73 : 2 (LXXEN)
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
Psalms 73 : 3 (LXXEN)
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners.
Psalms 73 : 4 (LXXEN)
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and they have firmness under their affliction.
Psalms 73 : 5 (LXXEN)
They are not in the troubles of other men; and they shall not be scourged with other men.
Psalms 73 : 6 (LXXEN)
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
Psalms 73 : 7 (LXXEN)
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
Psalms 73 : 8 (LXXEN)
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
Psalms 73 : 9 (LXXEN)
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
Psalms 73 : 10 (LXXEN)
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found *Gr. in with them.
Psalms 73 : 11 (LXXEN)
And they said, How does God know? and *Gr. if there is is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 73 : 12 (LXXEN)
Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
Psalms 73 : 13 (LXXEN)
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms 73 : 14 (LXXEN)
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning.
Psalms 73 : 15 (LXXEN)
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.
Psalms 73 : 16 (LXXEN)
And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,
Psalms 73 : 17 (LXXEN)
until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end.
Psalms 73 : 18 (LXXEN)
Surely thou hast appointed judgements to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
Psalms 73 : 19 (LXXEN)
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
Psalms 73 : 20 (LXXEN)
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.
Psalms 73 : 21 (LXXEN)
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been *Gr. changed gladdened.
Psalms 73 : 22 (LXXEN)
But I was vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.
Psalms 73 : 23 (LXXEN)
Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.
Psalms 73 : 24 (LXXEN)
Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.
Psalms 73 : 25 (LXXEN)
For what have I in heaven but thee? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?
Psalms 73 : 26 (LXXEN)
My heart and my flesh have failed: but God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
Psalms 73 : 27 (LXXEN)
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.
Psalms 73 : 28 (LXXEN)
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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