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  73:1 ¶
[[A Psalm of Asaph.]] Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart. |
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73:1 ¶
[[A Psalm°
of Asaph.]]°
Truly°
God°
[is] good°
to Israel,°
[even] to such as are of a clean°
heart.° |
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73:2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. |
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73:2
But as for me,°
my feet°
were almost°
gone;°°°°
my steps°
had well nigh°
slipped.°° |
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73:3
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
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73:3
For°
I was envious°°
at the foolish,°°
[when] I saw°°
the prosperity°
of the wicked.° |
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73:4
For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. |
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73:4
For°
[there are] no°
bands°
in their death:°
but their strength°
[is] firm.° |
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73:5
They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men. |
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73:5
They [are] not°
in trouble°
[as other] men;°
neither°
are they plagued°°
like°
[other] men.° |
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73:6
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. |
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73:6
Therefore°
pride°
compasseth them about as a chain;°°
violence°
covereth°°
them [as] a garment.° |
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73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. |
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73:7
Their eyes°
stand out°°
with fatness:°°
they have more°°
than heart°
could wish.° |
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73:8
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. |
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73:8
They are corrupt,°°
and speak°°
wickedly°
[concerning] oppression:°
they speak°°
loftily.°° |
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73:9
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. |
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73:9
They set°°
their mouth°
against the heavens,°
and their tongue°
walketh°°
through the earth.° |
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73:10
Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. |
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73:10
Therefore°
his people°
return°°°°
hither:°
and waters°
of a full°
[cup] are wrung out°°
to them. |
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73:11
And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? |
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73:11
And they say,°°
How°
doth God°
know?°°
and is there°
knowledge°
in the most High?° |
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73:12
Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. |
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73:12
Behold,°
these°
[are] the ungodly,°
who prosper°
in the world;°
they increase°°
[in] riches.° |
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73:13
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; |
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73:13
Verily°
I have cleansed°°
my heart°
[in] vain,°
and washed°°
my hands°
in innocency.° |
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73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. |
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73:14
For all°
the day°
long have I been°
plagued,°°
and chastened°
every morning.° |
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73:15
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. |
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73:15
If°
I say,°°
I will speak°°
thus;°
behold,°
I should offend°°
[against] the generation°
of thy children.° |
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73:16
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; |
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73:16
When I thought°°
to know°°
this,°
it°
[was] too painful°
for°
me;° |
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73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. |
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73:17
Until°
I went°°
into°
the sanctuary°
of God;°
[then] understood°°
I their end.° |
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73:18
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. |
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73:18
Surely°
thou didst set°°
them in slippery places:°
thou castedst them down°°
into destruction.° |
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73:19
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. |
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73:19
How°
are°
they [brought] into desolation,°
as in a moment!°
they are utterly°°
consumed°°°
with°
terrors.° |
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73:20
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. |
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73:20
As a dream°
when [one] awaketh;°°°
[so], O Lord,°
when thou awakest,°
thou shalt despise°°
their image.° |
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73:21
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: |
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73:21
Thus°
my heart°
was grieved,°°
and I was pricked°°
in my reins.° |
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73:22
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee. |
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73:22
So foolish°
[was] I,°
and ignorant:°°°
I was°
[as] a beast°
before°
thee. |
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73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand. |
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73:23
Nevertheless I°
[am] continually°
with°
thee: thou hast holden°°
[me] by my right°
hand.° |
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73:24
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. |
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73:24
Thou shalt guide°°
me with thy counsel,°
and afterward°
receive°°
me [to] glory.° |
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73:25
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
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73:25
Whom°
have I in heaven°
[but thee]? and [there is] none°
upon earth°
[that] I desire°°
beside°
thee. |
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73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
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73:26
My flesh°
and my heart°
faileth:°°
[but] God°
[is] the strength°
of my heart,°
and my portion°
for ever.° |
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73:27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee. |
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73:27
For,°
lo,°
they that are far°
from thee shall perish:°°
thou hast destroyed°°
all°
them that go a whoring°°
from°
thee. |
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73:28
But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works. |
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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.° |
