Thematic Bible
Psalm 73:1 (show verse)
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Psalm 73:2 (show verse)
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
Psalm 73:3 (show verse)
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73:4 (show verse)
For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
Psalm 73:5 (show verse)
They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalm 73:6 (show verse)
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
Psalm 73:7 (show verse)
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Psalm 73:8 (show verse)
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
Psalm 73:9 (show verse)
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
Psalm 73:10 (show verse)
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
Psalm 73:11 (show verse)
They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
Psalm 73:12 (show verse)
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Psalm 73:13 (show verse)
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Psalm 73:14 (show verse)
For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
Psalm 73:15 (show verse)
If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
Psalm 73:16 (show verse)
When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
Psalm 73:17 (show verse)
Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
Psalm 73:18 (show verse)
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Psalm 73:19 (show verse)
How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors.
Psalm 73:20 (show verse)
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Psalm 73:21 (show verse)
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
Psalm 73:22 (show verse)
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Psalm 73:23 (show verse)
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
Psalm 73:24 (show verse)
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:25 (show verse)
Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
Psalm 73:26 (show verse)
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:27 (show verse)
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
Psalm 73:28 (show verse)
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.