Psalms 73 : 1 (NLV)
For sure God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Psalms 73 : 2 (NLV)
But as for me, my feet came close to falling. My steps had almost tripped.
Psalms 73 : 3 (NLV)
For I was jealous of the proud when I saw that all was going well with the sinful.
Psalms 73 : 4 (NLV)
For they suffer no pain in their death, and their body is fat.
Psalms 73 : 5 (NLV)
They do not have the troubles of other men or suffer like other men.
Psalms 73 : 6 (NLV)
So they wear pride around their neck. Fighting covers them like a coat.
Psalms 73 : 7 (NLV)
They are so fat that their eyes are pushed out. The crazy thoughts of their hearts run wild.
Psalms 73 : 8 (NLV)
They laugh at the truth, and speak sinful things about making it hard for others. They speak from a high place.
Psalms 73 : 9 (NLV)
They say bad things against heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Psalms 73 : 10 (NLV)
And so his people return to this place and drink water from a full cup.
Psalms 73 : 11 (NLV)
They say, "How does God know? Is there much learning with the Most High?"
Psalms 73 : 12 (NLV)
See, this is what the sinful are like. They always have it easy and their riches grow.
Psalms 73 : 13 (NLV)
For no good reason I have kept my heart pure and have not sinned.
Psalms 73 : 14 (NLV)
For I have suffered all day long. I have been punished every morning.
Psalms 73 : 15 (NLV)
I would not have been true to Your children if I had spoken this way.
Psalms 73 : 16 (NLV)
It was too hard for me when I tried to understand this,
Psalms 73 : 17 (NLV)
until I went into the holy place of God. Then I understood their end.
Psalms 73 : 18 (NLV)
For sure, You set the sinful in places where there is danger at every step. You throw them down to be destroyed.
Psalms 73 : 19 (NLV)
How they are destroyed right away! They come to an end with much fear.
Psalms 73 : 20 (NLV)
Like a dream when one wakes up, so You will hate what they look like when You rise up, O Lord.
Psalms 73 : 21 (NLV)
My heart was troubled and I was hurt inside.
Psalms 73 : 22 (NLV)
I was without reason and did not know better. I was like an animal before You.
Psalms 73 : 23 (NLV)
Yet I am always with You. You hold me by my right hand.
Psalms 73 : 24 (NLV)
You will lead me by telling me what I should do. And after this, You will bring me into shining-greatness.
Psalms 73 : 25 (NLV)
Whom have I in heaven but You? I want nothing more on earth, but You.
Psalms 73 : 26 (NLV)
My body and my heart may grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart and all I need forever.
Psalms 73 : 27 (NLV)
For, see, those who are far from You will be lost from You forever. You have destroyed all those who are not faithful to You.
Psalms 73 : 28 (NLV)
But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my safe place. So I may tell of all the things You have done.
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