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