Psalms 73

1 ♥ 📝 A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God^H430 is good^H2896 to Israel,^H3478 [Even] to such as are pure^H1249 in heart.^H3824

2 ♥ 📝 But as for me, my feet^H7272 were almost^H4592 gone;^H5186 My steps^H838 had well nigh^H369 slipped.^H8210

3 ♥ 📝 For I was envious^H7065 at the arrogant,^H1984 When I saw^H7200 the prosperity^H7965 of the wicked.^H7563

4 ♥ 📝 For there are no pangs^H2784 in their death;^H4194 But their strength^H193 is firm.^H1277

5 ♥ 📝 They are not in trouble^H5999 as [other] men;^H582 Neither are they plagued^H5060 like^H5973 [other] men.^H120

6 ♥ 📝 Therefore pride^H1346 is as a chain^H6059 about their neck; Violence^H2555 covereth^H5848 them as a garment.^H7897

7 ♥ 📝 Their eyes^H5869 stand out^H3318 with fatness:^H2459 They have more^H5674 than heart^H3824 could wish.^H4906

8 ♥ 📝 They scoff,^H4167 and in wickedness^H7451 utter^H1696 oppression:^H6233 They speak^H1696 loftily.^H4791

9 ♥ 📝 They have set^H8371 their mouth^H6310 in the heavens,^H8064 And their tongue^H3956 walketh^H1980 through the earth.^H776

10 ♥ 📝 Therefore his people^H5971 return^H7725 hither:^H1988 And waters^H4325 of a full^H4392 [cup] are drained^H4680 by them.

11 ♥ 📝 And they say,^H559 How doth God^H410 know?^H3045 And is there^H3426 knowledge^H1844 in the Most High?^H5945

12 ♥ 📝 Behold, these are the wicked;^H7563 And, being alway^H5769 at ease,^H7961 they increase^H7685 in riches.^H2428

13 ♥ 📝 Surely in vain^H7385 have I cleansed^H2135 my heart,^H3824 And washed^H7364 my hands^H3709 in innocency;^H5356

14 ♥ 📝 For all the day^H3117 long have I been plagued,^H5060 And chastened^H8433 every morning.^H1242

15 ♥ 📝 If I had said,^H559 I will speak^H559 thus;^H3644 Behold, I had dealt treacherously^H898 with the generation^H1755 of thy children.^H1121

16 ♥ 📝 When I thought^H2803 how I might know^H3045 this, It was too painful^H5999 for me;^H5869

17 ♥ 📝 Until I went^H935 into the sanctuary^H4720 of God,^H410 And considered^H995 their latter end.^H319

18 ♥ 📝 Surely thou settest^H7896 them in slippery places:^H2513 Thou castest them down^H5307 to destruction.^H4876

19 ♥ 📝 How are they become a desolation^H8047 in a moment!^H7281 They are utterly^H5486 consumed^H8552 with terrors.^H1091

20 ♥ 📝 As a dream^H2472 when one awaketh,^H6974 So, O Lord,^H136 when thou awakest,^H5782 thou wilt despise^H959 their image.^H6754

21 ♥ 📝 For my soul^H3824 was grieved,^H2556 And I was pricked^H8150 in my heart:^H3629

22 ♥ 📝 So brutish^H1198 was I, and ignorant;^H3045 I was [as] a beast^H929 before thee.

23 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless I am continually^H8548 with thee: Thou hast holden^H270 my right^H3225 hand.^H3027

24 ♥ 📝 Thou wilt guide^H5148 me with thy counsel,^H6098 And afterward^H310 receive^H3947 me to glory.^H3519

25 ♥ 📝 Whom have I in heaven^H8064 [but thee]? And there is none upon earth^H776 that I desire^H2654 besides thee.

26 ♥ 📝 My flesh^H7607 and my heart^H3824 faileth;^H3615 [But] God^H430 is the strength^H6697 of my heart^H3824 and my portion^H2506 for ever.^H5769

27 ♥ 📝 For, lo, they that are far^H7369 from thee shall perish:^H6 Thou hast destroyed^H6789 all them that play the harlot,^H2181 [departing] from thee.

28 ♥ 📝 But^H589 it is good^H2896 for me to draw near^H7132 unto God:^H430 I have made^H7896 the Lord^H136 Jehovah^H136 my refuge,^H4268 That I may tell^H5608 of all thy works.^H4399