Psalms 73

1 melody to/for Asaph surely pleasant to/for Israel God to/for pure heart

TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

2 and I like/as little (to stretch *QK) foot my like/as nothing (to pour: scatter *QK) step my

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

3 for be jealous in/on/with to be foolish peace: well-being wicked to see: see

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 for nothing bond to/for death their and fat strength their

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

5 in/on/with trouble human nothing they and with man not to touch

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

6 to/for so to ornament them pride to envelope garment violence to/for them

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

7 to come out: come from fat eye their to pass figure heart

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

8 to mock and to speak: speak in/on/with bad: evil oppression from height to speak: speak

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

9 to appoint in/on/with heaven lip their and tongue their to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

10 to/for so (to return: return *QK) people his here and water full to drain to/for them

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

11 and to say how? to know God and there knowledge in/on/with Most High

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

12 behold these wicked and at ease forever: enduring to increase strength: rich

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

13 surely vain to clean heart my and to wash: wash in/on/with innocence palm my

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

14 and to be to touch all [the] day and argument my to/for morning

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

15 if to say to recount like behold generation son: child your to act treacherously

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

16 and to devise: think [emph?] to/for to know this trouble (he/she/it *Qk) in/on/with eye: appearance my

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

17 till to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary God to understand to/for end their

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

18 surely in/on/with smoothness to set: make to/for them to fall: fall them to/for desolation

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

19 how? to be to/for horror: destroyed like/as moment to cease to finish from terror

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

20 like/as dream from to awake Lord in/on/with to rouse image their to despise

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

21 for to leaven heart my and kidney my to sharpen

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

22 and I stupid and not to know animal to be with you

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

23 and I continually with you to grasp in/on/with hand right my

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

24 in/on/with counsel your to lead me and after glory to take: recieve me

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

25 who? to/for me in/on/with heaven and with you not to delight in in/on/with land: country/planet

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

26 to end: expend flesh my and heart my rock heart my and portion my God to/for forever: enduring

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

27 for behold removed your to perish to destroy all to fornicate from you

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

28 and I nearness God to/for me pleasant to set: make in/on/with Lord YHWH/God refuge my to/for to recount all work 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 thy works.