Rotherham - Psalms - 73

73:1  Nothing but good, is God, Unto Israel, Unto the pure in heart.

73:2  But, as for me,—My feet had, almost stumbled, My steps had, well-nigh slipped;

73:3  For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.

73:4  For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;

73:5  Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.

73:6  For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;

73:7  Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

73:8  They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;

73:9  They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.

73:10  Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;

73:11  And they say—How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

73:12  Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.

73:13  Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;

73:14  And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!

73:15  If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.

73:16  When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:

73:17  Until I could enter the holy places of God,—Could give heed to their hereafter:—

73:18  Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

73:19  How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end, by reason of calamities.

73:20  As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.

73:21  But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds;

73:22  But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.

73:23  Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;

73:24  By thy counsel, wilt thou guide me, And, afterwards, unto glory, wilt thou take me.

73:25  Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.

73:26  Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.

73:27  For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.

73:28  But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness,—I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge,—That I may recount all thy works.