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73:1  A Psalm of Asaph. Truly 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 nearly slipped.
73:3  For I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73:4  For they have no pain; their bodies are sound and sleek.
73:5  They are not in trouble as others are; they are not plagued like other people.
73:6  Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
73:7  Their eyes swell out with fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
73:8  They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
73:9  They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues range over the earth.
73:10  Therefore the people turn and praise them and find no fault in them.
73:11  And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
73:12  Such are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.
73:13  All in vain I have kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
73:14  For all day long I have been plagued and am punished every morning.
73:15  If I had said, “I will talk on in this way,” I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.
73:16  But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
73:17  until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end.
73:18  Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
73:19  How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
73:20  They are like a dream when one awakes; on awaking you despise their phantoms.
73:21  When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,
73:22  I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.
73:23  Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
73:24  You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me with honor.
73:25  Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.
73:26  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
73:27  Indeed, those who are far from you will perish; you put an end to those who are false to you.
73:28  But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, to tell of all your works.