| Chapter 73 |
1 | A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
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2 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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3 | For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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4 | For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
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5 | They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
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6 | Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
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7 | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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8 | They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
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9 | They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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10 | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
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11 | And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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12 | Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
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13 | Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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14 | For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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15 | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
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16 | When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
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17 | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
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18 | Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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19 | How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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20 | As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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21 | Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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22 | So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
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23 | Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
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24 | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
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25 | Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
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26 | My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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27 | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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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.
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