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73:1  Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
73:2  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
73:3  For I was envious of the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73:4  For there are no bands in their death, but their strength is firm.
73:5  They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
73:6  Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
73:7  Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than heart could wish.
73:8  They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily.
73:9  They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
73:10  Therefore His people return hither, and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
73:11  And they say, “How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
73:12  Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
73:13  Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocence.
73:14  For all the day long have I been plagued and chastened every morning.
73:15  If I say, “I will speak thus,” behold, I should offend against the generation of Thy children.
73:16  When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me,
73:17  until I went into the sanctuary of God. Then understood I their end:
73:18  surely Thou didst set them in slippery places. Thou didst cast them down into destruction!
73:19  How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors!
73:20  As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou awakest, Thou shalt despise their image.
73:21  Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
73:22  So foolish was I and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
73:23  Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou hast held me by my right hand.
73:24  Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory.
73:25  Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.
73:26  My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
73:27  For lo, they that are far from Thee shall perish; Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from Thee.
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.