1 BOOK 3 Psalm 73 The Nearness of God Is My Good A Psalm of Asaph.Surely God is good to Israel,To those who are pure in heart!
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,My steps 73:2Lit were caused to slip had almost slipped.
3 For I was envious of the boastful,I saw the peace of the wicked.
4 For there are no pains in their death,And their 73:4Or belly body is fat.
5 They are not 73:5Lit in the trouble of men in troubleas other 73:5Or mortals men,And they are not stricken along withthe rest ofmankind.
6 Therefore lofty pride is their necklace;The garment of violence covers them.
7 Their eye 73:7Lit goes forth bulges from fatness;The delusions oftheirheart overflow.
8 They scoff and 73:8Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression wickedly speak of oppression;They speak from on high.
9 They have set their mouth 73:9 Or in against the heavens,And their tongue goes through the earth.
10 ¶Therefore 73:10Or His his people return here,to his place,And waters of fullness are 73:10Lit drained out drunk by them.
11 They say, “How does God know?And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;And always at ease, they have increasedinwealth.
13 Surely in vain I have 73:13Or cleansed my heart kept my heart pureAnd washed my hands in innocence;
14 For I have been stricken all day longAnd 73:14Lit my rebuking reproved every morning.
15 ¶If I had said, “I will recount thus,”Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
16 When I gave thought to know this,It was trouble in my sight
17 Until I came into the 73:17Lit sanctuaries sanctuary of God;ThenI understood their end.
18 Surely You set them in slippery places;You cause them to fall to 73:18Lit ruins destruction.
19 How they become desolate in a moment!They are completely swept away by terrors!
20 Like a dream when one awakes,O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their 73:20Or image form.
21 ¶When my heart was embitteredAnd I was pierced 73:21 Lit in my kidneys within,
22 Then I was senseless and ignorant;I waslike 73:22Lit animals an animal 73:22Lit with You before You.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;You have taken hold of my right hand.
24 With Your counsel You will lead me,And afterward take me 73:24Or with honor in glory.
25 ¶Whom have I in heavenbut You?And 73:25 Or with besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
26 My flesh and my heart fail,But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
27 For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;You have 73:27Or silenced destroyed everyone who 73:27Lit goes to a whoring from is unfaithful to You.
28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;I have set Lord Yahweh as my refuge,That I may recount all Your works.