Webster - Psalms - 73

73:1  A Psalm of Asaph. 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 afflicted like [other] men.

73:6  Therefore pride encompasseth them 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 innocence.

73:14  For all the day long have I been afflicted, 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] I understood their end.

73:18  Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast 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 wilt 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 held [me] by my right hand.

73:24  Thou wilt 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 besides 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 astray 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.