Search results for: Psalms 130:3-4
Psalms 73:6 (NLT)
They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty.
Psalms 73:7 (NLT)
These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!
Psalms 73:8 (NLT)
They scoff and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others.
Psalms 73:9 (NLT)
They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth.
Psalms 73:10 (NLT)
And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in all their words.
Psalms 73:11 (NLT)
“What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”
Psalms 73:12 (NLT)
Look at these wicked people— enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
Psalms 73:13 (NLT)
Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
Psalms 73:14 (NLT)
I get nothing but trouble all day long; every morning brings me pain.
Psalms 73:15 (NLT)
If I had really spoken this way to others, I would have been a traitor to your people.
Psalms 73:16 (NLT)
So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!
Psalms 73:17 (NLT)
Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
Psalms 73:18 (NLT)
Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
Psalms 73:19 (NLT)
In an instant they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors.
Psalms 73:20 (NLT)
When you arise, O Lord, you will laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.
Psalms 73:21 (NLT)
Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside.
Psalms 73:22 (NLT)
I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
Psalms 73:23 (NLT)
Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand.
Psalms 73:24 (NLT)
You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.
Psalms 73:25 (NLT)
Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
Psalms 73:26 (NLT)
My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.
Psalms 73:27 (NLT)
Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.
Psalms 73:28 (NLT)
But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.
Psalms 74:1 (NLT)
O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?
Psalms 74:2 (NLT)
Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.