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73:1  A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the pure in heart.
73:2  But as for me, my feet almost slipped. My steps nearly slid out from under me.
73:3  For I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73:4  For there are no pains at their death, their body is healthy.
73:5  They have none of humanity’s trouble, nor are they plagued like others.
73:6  Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.
73:7  Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild.
73:8  They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten.
73:9  They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.
73:10  Therefore His people return here, while they drink their fill.
73:11  So they say: “How does God know? And does Elyon have knowledge?”
73:12  Behold, such are the wicked— always at ease and amassing wealth.
73:13  Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
73:14  For all day I have been stricken, my chastisement comes every morning.
73:15  If I had said: “I will speak thus,” surely I would have betrayed a generation of Your children.
73:16  But when I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling in my eyes—
73:17  until I entered the Sanctuary of God, and perceived their end.
73:18  Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction.
73:19  How suddenly they became a ruin— terminated, consumed by terrors.
73:20  Like a dream when one awakes, thus when You arise, my Lord, You will despise their form.
73:21  When my heart was embittered and I was pierced in my heart,
73:22  I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You.
73:23  Yet I am continually with You. You hold my right hand.
73:24  You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
73:25  Whom have I in heaven but You? On earth there is none I desire besides You.
73:26  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
73:27  For behold, those far from You will perish. You put an end to all who like a harlot are unfaithful to You.
73:28  But for me, it is good to be near God. I have made my Lord Adonai my refuge. So I will tell of all Your works.