Psalms 73
1 A psalm of Asaph surely [is] good to Israel God to [people] pure of heart.
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in 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 arrogant, 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 pangs 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 is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth 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 scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
9 They set in the heavens mouth their and tongue their it walks on the earth.
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh 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 hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.
11 And they say how? does he know God and [is] there? knowledge with [the] Most High.
And they say, How doth 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 wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
13 Surely vanity I have kept pure heart my and I have washed in innocence hands my.
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
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 had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
16 And I thought! to know this [was] trouble (it *Qk) in eyes my.
When I thought how I might 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, And considered their latter end.
18 Surely on slippery [places] you set them you make fall them to deceptions.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to 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 become a desolation 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 awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
21 If it was embittered heart my and kidneys my I was pierced.
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
22 And I [was] stupid and not I knew animals I was with you.
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
23 And I continually [am] with you you take hold on [the] hand of right my.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
24 With counsel your you guide me and after honor you will take me.
Thou wilt guide me with thy 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 thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
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 faileth; [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 thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
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 unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
