Psalm 73

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Psalm 73

The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.

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1} A Psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is ^(A)good to Israel,
To those who are ^(B)pure in heart!

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But as for me, ^(C)my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps ^(a)had almost slipped.

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For I was ^(D)envious of the ^(b)arrogant
As I saw the ^(E)prosperity of the wicked.

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For there are no pains in their death,
And their ^(c)body is fat.

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They are ^(F)not ^(d)in trouble as other ^(e)men,
Nor are they ^(G)plagued ^(f)like mankind.

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Therefore pride is ^(H)their necklace;
The ^(I)garment of violence covers them.

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Their eye ^(g)bulges from ^(J)fatness;
The imaginations of their heart ^(h)run riot.

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They ^(K)mock and ⁽ⁱ⁾wickedly speak of oppression;
They ^(L)speak from on high.

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They have ^(M)set their mouth ^(j)against the heavens,
And their tongue ^(k)parades through the earth.

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Therefore ^(l)his people return to this place,
And waters of ^(N)abundance are ^(m)drunk by them.

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They say, “^(O)How does God know?
And is there knowledge ⁽ⁿ⁾with the Most High?”

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Behold, ^(P)these are the wicked;
And always ^(Q)at ease, they have increased in wealth.

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Surely ^(R)in vain I have ^(o)kept my heart pure
And ^(S)washed my hands in innocence;

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For I have been stricken ^(T)all day long
And ^(p)^(U)chastened every morning.

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If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the ^(V)generation of Your children.

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When I ^(W)pondered to understand this,
It was ^(q)troublesome in my sight

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Until I came into the ^(r)^(X)sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their ^(Y)end.

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Surely You set them in ^(Z)slippery places;
You cast them down to ^(s)^(AA)destruction.

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How they are ^(t)^(AB)destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by ^(AC)sudden terrors!

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Like a ^(AD)dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when ^(AE)aroused, You will ^(AF)despise their ^(u)form.

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When my ^(AG)heart was embittered
And I was ^(AH)pierced ^(v)within,

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Then I was ^(AI)senseless and ignorant;
I was like ^(w)a ^(AJ)beast ^(x)before You.

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Nevertheless ^(AK)I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.

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With Your counsel You will ^(AL)guide me,
And afterward ^(AM)receive me ^(y)to glory.

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^(AN)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And ^(z)besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

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My ^(AO)flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the ^(aa)strength of my heart and my ^(AP)portion forever.

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For, behold, ^(AQ)those who are far from You will ^(AR)perish;
You have ^(ab)destroyed all those who ^(ac)^(AS)are unfaithful to You.

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But as for me, ^(AT)the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord ^(ad)God my ^(AU)refuge,
That I may ^(AV)tell of all Your works.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 73:2: ['Lit ', were caused to slip]

b. Psalm 73:3: ['Or ', boasters]

c. Psalm 73:4: ['Or ', belly]

d. Psalm 73:5: ['Lit ', in the trouble of men]

e. Psalm 73:5: ['Or ', mortals]

f. Psalm 73:5: ['Lit ', with]

g. Psalm 73:7: ['Lit ', goes forth]

h. Psalm 73:7: ['Lit ', overflow]

i. Psalm 73:8: ['Or ', they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression]

j. Psalm 73:9: ['Or ', in]

k. Psalm 73:9: ['Lit ', walks]

l. Psalm 73:10: ['Or ', His]

m. Psalm 73:10: ['Lit ', drained out]

n. Psalm 73:11: ['Lit ', in]

o. Psalm 73:13: ['Or ', cleansed my heart]

p. Psalm 73:14: ['Lit ', my chastening]

q. Psalm 73:16: ['Lit ', labor, trouble]

r. Psalm 73:17: ['Lit ', sanctuaries]

s. Psalm 73:18: ['Lit ', ruins]

t. Psalm 73:19: ['Lit ', become a desolation]

u. Psalm 73:20: ['Or ', image]

v. Psalm 73:21: ['Lit ', in my kidneys]

w. Psalm 73:22: ['Or ', an animal]

x. Psalm 73:22: ['Lit ', with You]

y. Psalm 73:24: ['Or ', with honor]

z. Psalm 73:25: ['Or ', with]

aa. Psalm 73:26: ['Lit ', rock]

ab. Psalm 73:27: ['Or ', silenced]

ac. Psalm 73:27: ['Lit ', go to a whoring from]

ad. Psalm 73:28: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 73:1: Psalm 86:5

B. Psalm 73:1: Psalm 24:4; Psalm 51:10; Matthew 5:8

C. Psalm 73:2: Psalm 94:18

D. Psalm 73:3: Psalm 37:1; Proverbs 23:17

E. Psalm 73:3: Job 21:7; Psalm 37:7; Jeremiah 12:1

F. Psalm 73:5: Job 21:9; Psalm 73:12

G. Psalm 73:5: Psalm 73:14

H. Psalm 73:6: Genesis 41:42; Proverbs 1:9

I. Psalm 73:6: Psalm 109:18

J. Psalm 73:7: Job 15:27; Psalm 17:10; Jeremiah 5:28

K. Psalm 73:8: Psalm 1:1

L. Psalm 73:8: Psalm 17:10; 2 Peter 2:18; Jude 1:16

M. Psalm 73:9: Revelation 13:6

N. Psalm 73:10: Psalm 23:5

O. Psalm 73:11: Job 22:13

P. Psalm 73:12: Psalm 49:6; Psalm 52:7

Q. Psalm 73:12: Jeremiah 49:31; Ezekiel 23:42

R. Psalm 73:13: Job 21:15; Job 34:9; Job 35:3

S. Psalm 73:13: Psalm 26:6

T. Psalm 73:14: Psalm 38:6

U. Psalm 73:14: Job 33:19; Psalm 118:18

V. Psalm 73:15: Psalm 14:5

X. Psalm 73:17: Psalm 27:4; Psalm 77:13

Y. Psalm 73:17: Psalm 37:38

Z. Psalm 73:18: Psalm 35:6

AA. Psalm 73:18: Psalm 35:8; Psalm 36:12

AB. Psalm 73:19: Numbers 16:21; Isaiah 47:11

AC. Psalm 73:19: Job 18:11

AD. Psalm 73:20: Job 20:8

AE. Psalm 73:20: Psalm 78:65

AF. Psalm 73:20: 1 Samuel 2:30

AG. Psalm 73:21: Judges 10:16

AH. Psalm 73:21: Acts 2:37

AI. Psalm 73:22: Psalm 49:10; Psalm 92:6

AJ. Psalm 73:22: Job 18:3; Psalm 49:20

AK. Psalm 73:23: Psalm 16:8

AL. Psalm 73:24: Psalm 32:8; Psalm 48:14; Isaiah 58:11

AM. Psalm 73:24: Genesis 5:24; Psalm 49:15

AN. Psalm 73:25: Psalm 16:2; Philippians 3:8

AO. Psalm 73:26: Psalm 38:10; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 119:81

AP. Psalm 73:26: Psalm 16:5

AQ. Psalm 73:27: Psalm 119:155

AR. Psalm 73:27: Psalm 37:20

AS. Psalm 73:27: Exodus 34:15; Numbers 15:39; Psalm 106:39; Hosea 4:12; Hosea 9:1

AT. Psalm 73:28: Psalm 65:4; Hebrews 10:22; James 4:8

AU. Psalm 73:28: Psalm 14:6; Psalm 71:7

AV. Psalm 73:28: Psalm 40:5; Psalm 107:22; Psalm 118:17