Psalms 73
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
3For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
5In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
14For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
15If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
15If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
17Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
17until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
20As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
25Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
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.
28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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