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Psalm 73

Book 3

A Psalm of Asaph. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:1} Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:2} But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:3} For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:4} For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:5} They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:6} Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:7} Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:8} They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:9} They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:10} Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:11} And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:12} Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:13} Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:14} For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:15} If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:16} When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me; ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:17} Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:18} Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:19} How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:20} As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so,] O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:21} Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:22} So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:23} Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:24} Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:25} Whom have I in heaven [but thee?] and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:26} My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 73:27} For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Psalms 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 thy works.

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