RWebster - Psalms - 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 almost slipped.

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

73:4  For there are no pangs 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 surroundeth 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 here: 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 afflicted, and chastened every morning.

73:15  If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offendagainst 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 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 held 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 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.