The Psalms
capítulo 73
verso 1
A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
verso 2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
verso 3
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
verso 4
For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
verso 5
They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
verso 6
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
verso 7
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
verso 8
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
verso 9
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
verso 10
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
verso 11
They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
verso 12
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
verso 13
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
verso 14
For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
verso 15
If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
verso 16
When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
verso 17
until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
verso 18
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
verso 19
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
verso 20
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
verso 21
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
verso 22
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
verso 23
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
verso 24
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
verso 25
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
verso 26
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
verso 27
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
verso 28
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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