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Psalms 73

73
BOOK III.
A Psalm of Asaph.
1Surely God is good to Israel,
Even to such as are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
my steps had well nigh slipped.
3For I was envious at the arrogant,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there are no bands in their death:
But their strength is firm.
5They are not in trouble as other men;
Neither are they plagued like other men.
6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;
Violence covereth them as a garment.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness:
They have more than heart could wish.
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:
They speak loftily.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens,
And their tongue walketh through the earth.
10Therefore his people return hither:
And waters of a full cup are wrung out by them.
11And they say, How doth God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?
12Behold, these are the wicked;
And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches
13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,
And washed my hands in innocency;
14For all the day long have I been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
15If I had said, I will speak thus;
Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
16When I thought how I might know this,
It was too painful for me;
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God,
And considered their latter end.
18Surely thou settest them in slippery places:
Thou castest them down to destruction.
19How are they become a desolation in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20As a dream when one awaketh;
So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21For my heart was grieved,
And I was pricked in my reins:
22So brutish was I, and ignorant;
I was as a beast before thee.
23Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
Thou hast holden my right hand.
24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but thee?
And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26My flesh and my heart faileth:
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28But it is good for me to draw near unto God:
I have made the Lord GODmy refuge,
That I may tell of all thy works.

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