Psalms 73
1 A psalm of Asaph surely [is] good to Israel God to [people] pure of heart.
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 And I like a little (they had turned aside *QK) feet my like nothing (they had been poured out *QK) steps my.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was jealous of the boasters [the] well-being of wicked [people] I saw.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 That there not [are] pangs to death their and [is] fat body their.
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 [are] in [the] trouble of Humankind not they and with humankind not they are stricken.
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore [it is] a necklace [for] them pride it covers a garment of violence them.
Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.
7 It comes out from fat eye their they pass over [the] imaginations of heart.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They mock - and they may speak with evil oppression from a high place they speak.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set in the heavens mouth their and tongue their it walks on the earth.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore - (it turns back *QK) people his here and waters of full they are drained by them.
Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say how? does he know God and [is] there? knowledge with [the] Most High.
And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Here! these [are] wicked [people] and [people] at ease of perpetuity they increase wealth.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Surely vanity I have kept pure heart my and I have washed in innocence hands my.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 And I have been stricken all the day and rebuke my [has been] to the mornings.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I had said I will speak like here! [the] generation of children your I dealt treacherously with.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children.
16 And I thought! to know this [was] trouble (it *Qk) in eyes my.
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into [the] sanctuari of God I considered end their.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely on slippery [places] you set them you make fall them to deceptions.
Surely you did set them in slippery places: you casted them down into destruction.
19 How! they have become a waste like a moment they come to an end they are finished from sudden terror.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 Like a dream from when awakes O Lord when waken - image their you will despise.
As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when you awake, you shall despise their image.
21 If it was embittered heart my and kidneys my I was pierced.
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 And I [was] stupid and not I knew animals I was with you.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.
23 And I continually [am] with you you take hold on [the] hand of right my.
Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand.
24 With counsel your you guide me and after honor you will take me.
You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Who? [belongs] to me in the heavens and with you not I take pleasure on the earth.
Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside you.
26 It had come to an end flesh my and heart my [is] [the] rock of heart my and portion my God for ever.
My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For there! [people] far from you they will perish you destroy every [one who] acts as a prostitute from you.
For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you.
28 And I - [the] approach of God for me [is] good I have made - in [the] Lord Yahweh refuge my to recount all works your.
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 your works.
