Chapter:

The Book of Psalms

Chapter 73

American Standard Version

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