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73:1  A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!
73:2  But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, My steps had almost slipped.
73:3  For I was envious of the boastful, I saw the peace of the wicked.
73:4  For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.
73:5  They are not in trouble as other men, And they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind.
73:6  Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
73:7  Their eye bulges from fatness; The delusions of their heart overflow.
73:8  They scoff and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
73:9  They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue goes through the earth.
73:10  Therefore his people return here, to his place, And waters of fullness are drunk by them.
73:11  They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
73:12  Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
73:13  Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;
73:14  For I have been stricken all day long And reproved every morning.
73:15  If I had said, “I will recount thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
73:16  When I gave thought to know this, It was trouble in my sight
73:17  Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.
73:18  Surely You set them in slippery places; You cause them to fall to destruction.
73:19  How they become desolate in a moment! They are completely swept away by terrors!
73:20  Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
73:21  When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,
73:22  Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like an animal before You.
73:23  Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
73:24  With Your counsel You will lead me, And afterward take me in glory.
73:25  Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
73:26  My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
73:27  For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed everyone who is unfaithful to You.
73:28  But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have set Lord Yahweh as my refuge, That I may recount all Your works.