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Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!
To those who are pure in heart!
BOOK III
Psalms 73–89
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
Psalms 73–89
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.
My steps had almost slipped.
But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.
I had nearly lost my foothold.
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.
And their body is fat.
They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
They are free from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
they are not plagued by human ills.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.
The garment of violence covers them.
Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.
they clothe themselves with violence.
Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
They speak from on high.
They scoff, and speak with malice;
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.
And their tongue parades through the earth.
Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
Does the Most High know anything?”
Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
This is what the wicked are like —
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
And washed my hands in innocence;
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.
and have washed my hands in innocence.
For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.
And chastened every morning.
All day long I have been afflicted,
and every morning brings new punishments.
and every morning brings new punishments.
If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
I would have betrayed your children.
When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight
It was troublesome in my sight
When I tried to understand all this,
it troubled me deeply
it troubled me deeply
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.
Then I perceived their end.
till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.
then I understood their final destiny.
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
You cast them down to destruction.
Surely you place them on slippery ground;
you cast them down to ruin.
you cast them down to ruin.
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors!
completely swept away by terrors!
Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
They are like a dream when one awakes;
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within,
And I was pierced within,
When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
and my spirit embittered,
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
I was like a beast before You.
I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.
I was a brute beast before you.
Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
You have taken hold of my right hand.
Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
you hold me by my right hand.
With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.
And afterward receive me to glory.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
and afterward you will take me into glory.
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.