Book of Psalms, No. 73
Psalms 73 ASV - American Standard VersionNo. 73 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ [a]Surely God is good to Israel,
¶ Even to such as are pure in heart. - ¶ But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
¶ My steps had well nigh slipped. - ¶ For I was envious at the [b]arrogant,
¶ When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. - ¶ For there are no pangs in their death;
¶ But their strength is firm. - ¶ They are not [c]in trouble as other men;
¶ Neither are they plagued like other men. - ¶ Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;
¶ Violence covereth them as a garment. - ¶ Their eyes stand out with fatness:
¶ [d]They have more than heart could wish. - ¶ They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:
¶ They speak [e]loftily. - ¶ They have set their mouth [f]in the heavens,
¶ And their tongue walketh through the earth. - ¶ Therefore [g]his people return hither:
¶ And waters of a full cup are drained by them. - ¶ And they say, How doth God know?
¶ And is there knowledge in the Most High? - ¶ Behold, these are the wicked;
¶ And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. - ¶ Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,
¶ And washed my hands in innocency; - ¶ For all the day long have I been plagued,
¶ And [h]chastened every morning. - ¶ If I had said, I will speak thus;
¶ Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. - ¶ When I thought how I might know this,
¶ It was [i]too painful for me; - ¶ Until I went into the sanctuary of God,
¶ And considered their latter end. - ¶ Surely thou settest them in slippery places:
¶ Thou castest them down to [j]destruction. - ¶ How are they become a desolation in a moment!
¶ They are utterly consumed with terrors. - ¶ As a dream when one awaketh,
¶ So, O Lord, [k]when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. - ¶ For my soul [l]was grieved,
¶ And I was pricked in my [m]heart: - ¶ So brutish [n]was I, and ignorant;
¶ I was as a beast [o]before thee. - ¶ Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
¶ Thou hast holden my right hand. - ¶ Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel,
¶ And afterward receive me [p]to glory. - ¶ Whom have I in heaven but thee?
¶ And there is none upon earth that I desire [q]besides thee. - ¶ My flesh and my heart faileth;
¶ But God is the [r]strength of my heart and my portion for ever. - ¶ For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
¶ Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee. - ¶ But it is good for me to draw near unto God:
¶ I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,
¶ That I may tell of all thy works.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, Only good is God
- ^ Or, fools
- ^ Hebrew in the trouble of men.
- ^ Or, The imaginations of their heart overflow
- ^ Or, from on high
- ^ Or, against
- ^ Another reading is, he will bring back his people.
- ^ Hebrew my chastisement was.
- ^ Hebrew labor in mine eyes.
- ^ Hebrew ruins.
- ^ Or, in the city
- ^ Hebrew was in a ferment.
- ^ Hebrew reins.
- ^ Or, am
- ^ Hebrew with thee.
- ^ Or, with
- ^ Or, with thee
- ^ Hebrew rock.
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