­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.