Psalms 73
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
1BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
4For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
5In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
7Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
9They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
10Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
11And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
12Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
14For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
15If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
16When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
16And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
17Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
18Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
20As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
21For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
22But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
23Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
24Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
25Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
27For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
28But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
28But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.
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