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