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God Is My Strength and Portion Forever
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in 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 had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
my steps had nearly 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 of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
when I saw 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 until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
their bodies are fat and sleek.
They seem to live such painless lives;
their bodies are so healthy and strong.
their bodies are so healthy and strong.
They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
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 is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
violence covers them as a garment.
They wear pride like a jeweled necklace
and clothe themselves with cruelty.
and clothe themselves with cruelty.
Their eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
their hearts overflow with follies.
These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for!
their hearts could ever wish for!
They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
loftily they threaten oppression.
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 mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
and their tongue struts through the earth.
They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.
and their words strut throughout the earth.
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?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
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;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
always at ease, they increase in riches.
Look at these wicked people —
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
and washed my hands in innocence.
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 long I have been stricken
and rebuked every morning.
and rebuked every morning.
I get nothing but trouble all day long;
every morning brings me pain.
every morning brings me pain.
If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
I would have betrayed the generation of your 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.
But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
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 sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their end.
then I discerned 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 you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
you make them fall to ruin.
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 they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
swept away utterly by terrors!
In an instant they are destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors.
completely swept away by terrors.
Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
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 soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
when I was pricked in heart,
Then I realized that my heart was bitter,
and I was all torn up inside.
and I was all torn up inside.
I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward you.
I was like a beast toward you.
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 you;
you hold my right hand.
you hold my right hand.
Yet I still belong to you;
you hold my right hand.
you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
You guide me with your counsel,
leading me to a glorious destiny.
leading me to a glorious destiny.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.
I desire you more than anything on earth.
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, those who are far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
Those who desert him will perish,
for you destroy those who abandon you.
for you destroy those who abandon you.