Thematic Bible
Psalm 73:1 (show verse)
Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.
Psalm 73:2 (show verse)
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
Psalm 73:3 (show verse)
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73:4 (show verse)
For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
Psalm 73:5 (show verse)
They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalm 73:6 (show verse)
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
Psalm 73:7 (show verse)
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
Psalm 73:8 (show verse)
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
Psalm 73:9 (show verse)
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalm 73:10 (show verse)
Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Psalm 73:11 (show verse)
And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalm 73:12 (show verse)
Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
Psalm 73:13 (show verse)
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
Psalm 73:14 (show verse)
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
Psalm 73:15 (show verse)
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Psalm 73:16 (show verse)
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Psalm 73:17 (show verse)
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
Psalm 73:18 (show verse)
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
Psalm 73:19 (show verse)
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalm 73:20 (show verse)
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
Psalm 73:21 (show verse)
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
Psalm 73:22 (show verse)
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
Psalm 73:23 (show verse)
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
Psalm 73:24 (show verse)
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:25 (show verse)
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Psalm 73:26 (show verse)
My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Psalm 73:27 (show verse)
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.
Psalm 73:28 (show verse)
But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.