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73:1  For sure God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
73:2  But as for me, my feet came close to falling. My steps had almost tripped.
73:3  For I was jealous of the proud when I saw that all was going well with the sinful.
73:4  For they suffer no pain in their death, and their body is fat.
73:5  They do not have the troubles of other men or suffer like other men.
73:6  So they wear pride around their neck. Fighting covers them like a coat.
73:7  They are so fat that their eyes are pushed out. The crazy thoughts of their hearts run wild.
73:8  They laugh at the truth, and speak sinful things about making it hard for others. They speak from a high place.
73:9  They say bad things against heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth.
73:10  And so his people return to this place and drink water from a full cup.
73:11  They say, “How does God know? Is there much learning with the Most High?”
73:12  See, this is what the sinful are like. They always have it easy and their riches grow.
73:13  For no good reason I have kept my heart pure and have not sinned.
73:14  For I have suffered all day long. I have been punished every morning.
73:15  I would not have been true to Your children if I had spoken this way.
73:16  It was too hard for me when I tried to understand this,
73:17  until I went into the holy place of God. Then I understood their end.
73:18  For sure, You set the sinful in places where there is danger at every step. You throw them down to be destroyed.
73:19  How they are destroyed right away! They come to an end with much fear.
73:20  Like a dream when one wakes up, so You will hate what they look like when You rise up, O Lord.
73:21  My heart was troubled and I was hurt inside.
73:22  I was without reason and did not know better. I was like an animal before You.
73:23  Yet I am always with You. You hold me by my right hand.
73:24  You will lead me by telling me what I should do. And after this, You will bring me into shining-greatness.
73:25  Whom have I in heaven but You? I want nothing more on earth, but You.
73:26  My body and my heart may grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart and all I need forever.
73:27  For, see, those who are far from You will be lost from You forever. You have destroyed all those who are not faithful to You.
73:28  But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my safe place. So I may tell of all the things You have done.