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PSALMS ยท Chapter 73
73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of
the wicked.
73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued
like other men.
73:6 Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers
them as a garment.
73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could
wish.
73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they
speak loftily.
73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks
through the earth.
73:10 Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
73:11 And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the
most High?
73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches.
73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands
in innocence.
73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every
morning.
73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against
the generation of your children.
73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their
end.
73:18 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you casted them down
into destruction.
73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are
utterly consumed with terrors.
73:20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when you awake, you shall
despise their image.
73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.
73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my
right hand.
73:24 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me
to glory.
73:25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none upon earth that
I desire beside you.
73:26 My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
73:27 For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed
all them that go a whoring from you.
73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust
in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works.
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