Psalms, Chapter 73
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BOOK III. A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart.
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well near slipped.
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For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
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They are not in trouble as common man; Neither are they plagued like man.
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Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covers them as a garment.
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Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
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They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
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They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.
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Therefore his people return here: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.
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And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
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Look, these are the wicked; And, being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence;
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For all the day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning.
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If I had said, I will speak thus; Look, I would have betrayed the generation of your sons.
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When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
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Surely you set them in slippery places: You cast them down to destruction.
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How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are completely consumed with terrors.
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As a dream when one awakes, So, O Lord, when you awake, you will despise their image.
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For my heart was grieved, And I was pricked in my inward parts:
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So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before you.
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Nevertheless I am continually with you: You have held my right hand.
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You will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
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Whom have I in heaven [but you] And there is none on earth that I desire besides you.
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My flesh and my heart fails; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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For, look, those who are far from you will perish: You have destroyed all those prostituting from you.
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But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have made the Sovereign Yahweh my refuge, That I may tell of all your works.
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