Psalms 73

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

A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those with a pure 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 almost slipped; my feet almost slipped out from under me

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

because I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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

For they have no pain until their death, but they are strong and well fed.

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

They are free from the burdens of other men; they are not afflicted like other men.

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

Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck; violence clothes them like a robe.

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

Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts pass through their hearts.

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

They mock and speak wickedly; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.

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 tongues march 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 turn to them and abundant waters are drained out.

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

They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge with the Most High?”

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

Take notice: these people are wicked; they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.

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

Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart and washed my hands in innocence.

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

For all the day long I have been afflicted and disciplined every morning.

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

If I had said, “I will say these things,” then I would have betrayed this generation of your children.

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

Though I tried to understand these things, it was too difficult for me.

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

Then I went into God's sanctuary and came to understand their fate.

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

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

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

How they become a wilderness in a moment! They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.

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

They are like a dream after one wakes up; Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.

21 for to leaven heart my and kidney my to sharpen

For my heart was grieved, and I was deeply wounded.

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

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was like a senseless animal before you.

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

Yet I am always with you; you hold my right hand.

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

You will guide me with your advice 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 you? There is no one on earth that I desire but you.

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 grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart forever.

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

Those who are far from you will perish; you will destroy all those who are unfaithful to you.

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 as for me, all I need to do is to approach God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge. I will declare all your deeds.