1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)
Psalms 73
1 The prophet, prevailing in a temptation, 2 sheweth the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked: 13 the wound given thereby, diffidence. 15 The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose, in destroying of the wicked, and sustaining the righteous.
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73:1
[BOOK THE THIRD] [[A Melody of Asaph.]] Nothing but good, is God, Unto Israel, Unto the pure in heart.
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73:2
But, as for me,My feet had, almost stumbled, My steps had, well-nigh slipped;
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73:3
For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
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73:4
For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;
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73:5
Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.
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73:6
For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
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73:7
Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
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73:8
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
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73:9
They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
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73:10
Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;
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73:11
And they sayHow doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
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73:12
Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
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73:13
Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
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73:14
And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!
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73:15 ¶
If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.
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73:16
When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
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73:17
Until I could enter the holy places of God,Could give heed to their hereafter:
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73:18
Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
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73:19
How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceasedcome to an end, by reason of calamities.
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73:20
As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.
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73:21 ¶
But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds;
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73:22
But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
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73:23
Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
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73:24
By thy counsel, wilt thou guide me, And, afterwards, unto glory, wilt thou take me.
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73:25
Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.
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73:26
Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heartand my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.
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73:27
For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.
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73:28
But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness,I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge,That I may recount all thy works.