psa 73:1

  Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

psa 73:2

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

psa 73:3

  For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

psa 73:4

  For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

psa 73:5

  They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

psa 73:6

  Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

psa 73:7

  Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

psa 73:8

  They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

psa 73:9

  They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

psa 73:10

  Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

psa 73:11

  And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

psa 73:12

  Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

psa 73:13

  Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

psa 73:14

  For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

psa 73:15

  If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

psa 73:16

  When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

psa 73:17

  Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

psa 73:18

  Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

psa 73:19

  How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

psa 73:20

  As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

psa 73:21

  Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

psa 73:22

  So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

psa 73:23

  Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

psa 73:24

  Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

psa 73:25

  Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

psa 73:26

  My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

psa 73:27

  For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

psa 73:28

  But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.