‏ Psalms 73

PSALM 73

The LORD is My Portion

A psalm to  Asaph.

1O how good   is God to  Israel, to the ones straight in the heart. 2But my [²were a little ³shaken   ¹feet]; [³a little ²slipped   ¹my footsteps]. 3For I was jealous over the lawless things, [²the peace ³of sinners ¹viewing]. 4For there is no sign of reluctance in   their death, nor confirmation in   their whip. 5In toils of men they are not troubled, and with other men they will not be whipped. 6On account of this [²held ³them   ¹their pride] to the end. They clothed themselves [²injustice ³and ⁴impiety ¹of their own]. 7[²comes forth ³as ⁴from out of ⁵fatness   ¹Their injustice]. They went by disposition of heart. 8They considered and spoke in wickedness. [²injustice ³in ⁴the ⁵haughtiness ¹They spoke]. 9They set [²against ³heaven   ¹their mouth], and   their tongue went through upon the earth. 10On account of this [²shall return   ¹my people] here; and [²days ¹full] shall be found with them. 11And they said, How did God know? and, Is there knowledge in the highest? 12Behold, these are the sinners, and they prosper into the eon, holding wealth. 13And I said, Surely in folly I justified   my heart, and washed [²in ³innocent things    ¹my hands]; 14and became for whipping all the day; and   my reproof is in the mornings. 15If I had said, I shall describe thus; behold, in the generation   of your sons, I have broken contract. 16And I undertook   to know this, but it is toilsome before me; 17until of which time  I should enter into the sanctuary   of God, and should perceive to   their latter end. 18Besides, on account of   their deceits you appointed evils unto them; you threw them down in their being lifted up. 19O how they became for desolation. Suddenly they failed; they were destroyed because of   their lawlessness. 20As a dream of one awakening, O lord, in   your city,   [²their image ¹you will treat] with contempt. 21For [²was kindled   ¹my heart], and   my kidneys were changed. 22And I being with contempt, and not knowing, [²brutish ¹became] before you. 23But I was always with you; you held   [²hand   ¹my right], 24and in   your counsel you guided me, and with glory you received me. 25For what exists to me in the heaven? And besides you, what did I want upon the earth? 26[⁴failed   ¹My heart ²and   ³my flesh].   God is the strength  of my heart, and   [²is my portion   ¹God] into the eon. 27For behold, the ones being far [³by their own makings  ¹from ²you] shall perish. You utterly destroyed every one   committing harlotry from you. 28But for me   to cleave to   God is good; to put [²in ³the ⁴ lord    ¹my hope];   for me to declare all   your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.