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73:1  A psalm of Asaph. How good God is to the upright, to those who are pure of heart!
73:2  But, as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped,
73:3  Because I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73:4  For they suffer no pain; their bodies are healthy and sleek.
73:5  They are free of the burdens of life; they are not afflicted like others.
73:6  Thus pride adorns them as a necklace; violence clothes them as a robe.
73:7  Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts flood their hearts.
73:8  They scoff and spout their malice; from on high they utter threats.
73:9  They set their mouths against the heavens, their tongues roam the earth.
73:10  So my people turn to them and drink deeply of their words.
73:11  They say, “Does God really know?” “Does the Most High have any knowledge?”
73:12  Such, then, are the wicked, always carefree, increasing their wealth.
73:13  Is it in vain that I have kept my heart pure, washed my hands in innocence?
73:14  For I am afflicted day after day, chastised every morning.
73:15  Had I thought, “I will speak as they do,” I would have betrayed this generation of your children.
73:16  Though I tried to understand all this, it was too difficult for me,
73:17  Till I entered the sanctuary of God and came to understand their end.
73:18  You set them, indeed, on a slippery road; you hurl them down to ruin.
73:19  How suddenly they are devastated; utterly undone by disaster!
73:20  They are like a dream after waking, Lord, dismissed like shadows when you arise.
73:21  Since my heart was embittered and my soul deeply wounded,
73:22  I was stupid and could not understand; I was like a brute beast in your presence.
73:23  Yet I am always with you; you take hold of my right hand.
73:24  With your counsel you guide me, and at the end receive me with honor.
73:25  Whom else have I in the heavens? None beside you delights me on earth.
73:26  Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the rock of my heart, my portion forever.
73:27  But those who are far from you perish; you destroy those unfaithful to you.
73:28  As for me, to be near God is my good, to make the Lord God my refuge. I shall declare all your works in the gates of daughter Zion.