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Surely God is Good to Israel
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
Book Three
(Psalms 73–89)
A psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those whose hearts are pure.
(Psalms 73–89)
A psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those whose hearts are pure.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
But as for me, I almost lost my footing.
My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.
My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
For I envied the proud
when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.
when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.
For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
They seem to live such painless lives;
their bodies are so healthy and strong.
their bodies are so healthy and strong.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
They don’t have troubles like other people;
they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
They wear pride like a jeweled necklace
and clothe themselves with cruelty.
and clothe themselves with cruelty.
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for!
their hearts could ever wish for!
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They scoff and speak only evil;
in their pride they seek to crush others.
in their pride they seek to crush others.
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.
and their words strut throughout the earth.
Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
And so the people are dismayed and confused,
drinking in all their words.
drinking in all their words.
And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
“What does God know?” they ask.
“Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”
“Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”
Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Look at these wicked people —
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
Did I keep my heart pure for nothing?
Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
I get nothing but trouble all day long;
every morning brings me pain.
every morning brings me pain.
If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
If I had really spoken this way to others,
I would have been a traitor to your people.
I would have been a traitor to your people.
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper.
But what a difficult task it is!
But what a difficult task it is!
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
Then I went into your sanctuary, O God,
and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Truly, you put them on a slippery path
and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
In an instant they are destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors.
completely swept away by terrors.
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
When you arise, O Lord,
you will laugh at their silly ideas
as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.
you will laugh at their silly ideas
as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Then I realized that my heart was bitter,
and I was all torn up inside.
and I was all torn up inside.
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
I was so foolish and ignorant —
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Yet I still belong to you;
you hold my right hand.
you hold my right hand.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
You guide me with your counsel,
leading me to a glorious destiny.
leading me to a glorious destiny.
Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.
I desire you more than anything on earth.
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.
For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
Those who desert him will perish,
for you destroy those who abandon you.
for you destroy those who abandon you.