Psalm 73 - American Standard Version (ASV)

Book III

The end of the wicked contrasted with that of the righteous.

A Psalm of Asaph.

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

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:1 Or, Only good is God
  2. Psalm 73:3 Or, fools
  3. Psalm 73:5 Hebrew in the trouble of men.
  4. Psalm 73:7 Or, The imaginations of their heart overflow
  5. Psalm 73:8 Or, from on high
  6. Psalm 73:9 Or, against
  7. Psalm 73:10 Another reading is, he will bring back his people.
  8. Psalm 73:14 Hebrew my chastisement was.
  9. Psalm 73:16 Hebrew labor in mine eyes.
  10. Psalm 73:18 Hebrew ruins.
  11. Psalm 73:20 Or, in the city
  12. Psalm 73:21 Hebrew was in a ferment.
  13. Psalm 73:21 Hebrew reins.
  14. Psalm 73:22 Or, am
  15. Psalm 73:22 Hebrew with thee.
  16. Psalm 73:24 Or, with
  17. Psalm 73:25 Or, with thee
  18. Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock.

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