CPDV - Psalms - 72

72:1  A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.

72:2  But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.

72:3  For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.

72:4  For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.

72:5  They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.

72:6  Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.

72:7  Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.

72:8  They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.

72:9  They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.

72:10  Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.

72:11  And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”

72:12  Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.

72:13  And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.

72:14  And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.

72:15  If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.

72:16  I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,

72:17  until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.

72:18  So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.

72:19  How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.

72:20  As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.

72:21  For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.

72:22  And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.

72:23  I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.

72:24  You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.

72:25  For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?

72:26  My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.

72:27  For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.

72:28  But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.