KJ3 Literal Translation
Psalms 73
The prophet, prevailing in a temptation, shows the occasion of it: the prosperity of the wicked. A Psalm of Asaph.
1A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are of a pure heart.
2And as for me, my feet had almost turned aside, my steps nearly made to slip.
3For I was jealous of those boasting; I saw the peace of the wicked ones.
4For there are no pangs to their death; but their belly is fat.
5They are not in the misery of mortal man; and with men they are not touched.
6So pride enchains them; violence covers them like a garment.
7Their eyes go out with fat; they have passed the imaginations of the heart.
8They scoff and speak in evil; from on high they speak oppression.
9They set their mouth in the heavens; and their tongues walk through the earth.
10Because of this His people shall return here; and waters of a full cup shall be drained by them.
11And they say, How does God know? And, Is there knowledge in the Most High?
12Behold! These are the wicked ones who are always at ease; they increase their riches.
13Surely I have purified my heart in vain; and I have washed my palms in innocence.
14For all the day I was stricken; and my chastening is at the mornings.
15If I say, This is the way I will speak; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.
16And I thought to know this; it was a vexation in my eyes,
17until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
18Surely, You will set them in slippery places; You will make them fall into ruin.
19How they have become desolation in a moment, consumed with terrors!
20Like a dream awakening from dreaming, O Lord, in awakening You will despise their image.
21For my heart was being leavened, and I was pierced in my reins.
22And I was brutish and did not know; I was like animals with You.
23Yet I was continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
24You shall guide me by Your counsel; and afterward You will take me to glory.
25Whom is to me in Heaven? And I do not desire any on earth besides You.
26My flesh and my heart waste away; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
27For, behold, those who are far from You shall perish; You have cut off all who go fornicating away from You.
28And I, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made my refuge in the Lord Jehovah, to declare all Your works.
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