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PSALMS CHAPTER 73
1     ¶ A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
2     But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3     For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4     For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
5     They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
6     Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
7     Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8     They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
9     They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10     Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
11     And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12     Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
13     Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14     For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15     ¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
16     When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
17     Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
18     Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19     How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20     As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21     ¶ Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22     So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
23     Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
24     Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
25     Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
26     My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27     For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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.
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