Psa 73 | ABEn | STEP | A psalm to Asaph. O how good is God to Israel, to the ones straight in the heart.

Psalms 73

PSALM 73

The LORD is My Portion

A psalm to Asaph.

1 O how good is God to Israel, to the ones straight in the heart. 2 But my [²were a little ³shaken ¹feet]; [³a little ²slipped ¹my footsteps]. 3 For I was jealous over the lawless things, [²the peace ³of sinners ¹viewing]. 4 For there is no sign of reluctance in their death, nor confirmation in their whip. 5 In toils of men they are not troubled, and with other men they will not be whipped. 6 On account of this [²held ³them ¹their pride] to the end. They clothed themselves [²injustice ³and ⁴impiety ¹of their own]. 7 [²comes forth ³as ⁴from out of ⁵fatness ¹Their injustice]. They went by disposition of heart. 8 They considered and spoke in wickedness. [²injustice ³in ⁴the ⁵haughtiness ¹They spoke]. 9 They set [²against ³heaven ¹their mouth], and their tongue went through upon the earth. 10 On account of this [²shall return ¹my people] here; and [²days ¹full] shall be found with them. 11 And they said, How did God know? and, Is there knowledge in the highest? 12 Behold, these are the sinners, and they prosper into the eon, holding wealth. 13 And I said, Surely in folly I justified my heart, and washed [²in ³innocent things ¹my hands]; 14 and became for whipping all the day; and my reproof is in the mornings. 15 If I had said, I shall describe thus; behold, in the generation of your sons, I have broken contract. 16 And I undertook to know this, but it is toilsome before me; 17 until of which time I should enter into the sanctuary of God, and should perceive to their latter end. 18 Besides, on account of their deceits you appointed evils unto them; you threw them down in their being lifted up. 19 O how they became for desolation. Suddenly they failed; they were destroyed because of their lawlessness. 20 As a dream of one awakening, O lord, in your city, [²their image ¹you will treat] with contempt. 21 For [²was kindled ¹my heart], and my kidneys were changed. 22 And I being with contempt, and not knowing, [²brutish ¹became] before you. 23 But I was always with you; you held [²hand ¹my right], 24 and in your counsel you guided me, and with glory you received me. 25 For what exists to me in the heaven? And besides you, what did I want upon the earth? 26 [⁴failed ¹My heart ²and ³my flesh]. God is the strength of my heart, and [²is my portion ¹God] into the eon. 27 For behold, the ones being far [³by their own makings ¹from ²you] shall perish. You utterly destroyed every one committing harlotry from you. 28 But for me to cleave to God is good; to put [²in ³the ⁴ lord ¹my hope]; for me to declare all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.