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          DASV: Psalm 73    

A psalm of Asaph

1 Surely God is good to Israel,
     to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped;
     my steps almost slid out from under me.
3 For I was envious of the proud,
     when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pains,
     their bodies are strong and healthy.
5 They do not have trouble like other people;
     neither do they suffer like others do.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
     violence covers them as a garment.
7 Their eyes bulge from fatness;
     they have more than their heart could wish for.
8 They scoff and speak with malice;
     they arrogantly speak about oppression.
9 Their mouth boasts against the heavens,
     and their tongue parades through the earth.
10 Therefore the people turn to them,
     and drink full of their words.
11 They ask, "Does God really know?
     Is the Most High really aware?"
12 Look, these are the wicked,
     always at ease as they increase in wealth.

13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure,
     and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I suffer;
     I'm punished every morning.
15 If I had said, "I will speak like this;"
     I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16 When I tried to figure this out,
     it was too troubling to me;
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God,
     then I understood the fate of the wicked.

18 Surely you set them in slippery places;
     you make them fall down into destruction.

19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
     totally swept away by terrors.
20 As a dream when one awakes,
     O Lord, when you wake you will despise them as fleeting images.
21 When my soul was grieved,
     and I was pricked in my heart,
22 I was stupid and ignorant;
     I was like an irrational beast before you.

23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
     you hold my right hand.
24 You will guide me with your counsel,
     and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom do I have in heaven but you?
     There is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
     but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27 For those who are far from you will perish;
     you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God;
     I have made the Lord God my refuge,
           that I may recount all your works.

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