Psalms 73:1 (ASV)
Surely God is good to Israel, `Even' to such as are pure in heart.

Psalms 73:2 (ASV)
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalms 73:3 (ASV)
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 73:4 (ASV)
For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

Psalms 73:5 (ASV)
They are not in trouble as `other' men; Neither are they plagued like `other' men.

Psalms 73:6 (ASV)
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalms 73:7 (ASV)
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Psalms 73:8 (ASV)
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Psalms 73:9 (ASV)
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalms 73:10 (ASV)
Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full `cup' are drained by them.

Psalms 73:11 (ASV)
And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Psalms 73:12 (ASV)
Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

Psalms 73:13 (ASV)
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

Psalms 73:14 (ASV)
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

Psalms 73:15 (ASV)
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

Psalms 73:16 (ASV)
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

Psalms 73:17 (ASV)
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

Psalms 73:18 (ASV)
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

Psalms 73:19 (ASV)
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalms 73:20 (ASV)
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

Psalms 73:21 (ASV)
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

Psalms 73:22 (ASV)
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was `as' a beast before thee.

Psalms 73:23 (ASV)
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

Psalms 73:24 (ASV)
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

Psalms 73:25 (ASV)
Whom have I in heaven `but thee'? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

Psalms 73:26 (ASV)
My flesh and my heart faileth; `But' God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Psalms 73:27 (ASV)
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, `departing' from thee.

Psalms 73:28 (ASV)
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.
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