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Psalm 73 – A Song of Worship and Reflection

Psalm 73

73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean

heart.

73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh

slipped.

73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of

the wicked.

73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is

firm.

73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued

like other men.

73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence

covereth them as a garment.

73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart

could wish.

73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they

speak loftily.

73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue

walketh through the earth.

73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are

wrung out to them.

73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the

most High?

73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they

increase in riches.

73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in

innocency.

73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every

morning.

73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the

generation of thy children.

73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their

end.

73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst

them down into destruction.

73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are

utterly consumed with terrors.

73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou

shalt despise their image.

73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by

my right hand.

73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me

to glory.

73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth

that I desire beside thee.

73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my

heart, and my portion for ever.

73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast

destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust

in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

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