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