BOOK 3
The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.
A Psalm of Asaph.
73 God certainly is (A)good to Israel,
To those who are (B)pure in heart!
2 But as for me, (C)my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.
3 For I was (D)envious of the arrogant
As I saw the (E)prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no pains in their death,
And their belly is fat.
5 They are (F)not in trouble like other people,
Nor are they (G)tormented together with the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore arrogance is (H)their necklace;
The (I)garment of violence covers them.
7 Their eye bulges from (J)fatness;
The imaginations of their heart overflow.
8 They (K)mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They (L)speak from on high.
9 They have (M)set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return here,
And (N)abundant waters are drunk by them.
11 They say, “(O)How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
12 Behold, (P)these are the wicked;
And always (Q)at ease, they have increased in wealth.
13 Surely (R)in vain I have kept my heart pure
And (S)washed my hands in innocence;
14 For I have been stricken (T)all day long,
And (U)punished every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the (V)generation of Your children.
16 When I (W)thought of understanding this,
It was troublesome in my sight
17 Until I entered the (X)sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their (Y)end.
18 You indeed put them on (Z)slippery ground;
You dropped them into (AA)ruin.
19 How they are (AB)destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by (AC)sudden terrors!
20 Like a (AD)dream when one awakes,
Lord, when (AE)stirred, You will (AF)despise their image.
21 When my (AG)heart was embittered
And I was (AH)pierced within,
22 Then I was (AI)stupid and ignorant;
I was like an (AJ)animal before You.
23 Nevertheless (AK)I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
24 You will (AL)guide me with Your plan,
And afterward (AM)receive me to glory.
25 (AN)Whom do I have in heaven but You?
And with You, I desire nothing on earth.
26 My (AO)flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my (AP)portion forever.
27 For, behold, (AQ)those who are far from You will (AR)perish;
You have destroyed all those who (AS)are unfaithful to You.
28 But as for me, (AT)the nearness of God is good for me;
I have made the Lord God my (AU)refuge,
So that I may (AV)tell of all Your works.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:2
- Psalm 73:3
- Psalm 73:5
- Psalm 73:7
- Psalm 73:8
- Psalm 73:9
- Psalm 73:9
- Psalm 73:10
- Psalm 73:11
- Psalm 73:13
- Psalm 73:14
- Psalm 73:16
- Psalm 73:17
- Psalm 73:18
- Psalm 73:19
- Psalm 73:21
- Psalm 73:22
- Psalm 73:24
- Psalm 73:26
- Psalm 73:27
- Psalm 73:28
Cross references
- Psalm 73:1 : Ps 86:5
- Psalm 73:1 : Ps 24:4; 51:10; Matt 5:8
- Psalm 73:2 : Ps 94:18
- Psalm 73:3 : Ps 37:1; Prov 23:17
- Psalm 73:3 : Job 21:7; Ps 37:7; Jer 12:1
- Psalm 73:5 : Job 21:9; Ps 73:12
- Psalm 73:5 : Ps 73:14
- Psalm 73:6 : Gen 41:42; Prov 1:9
- Psalm 73:6 : Ps 109:18
- Psalm 73:7 : Job 15:27; Ps 17:10; Jer 5:28
- Psalm 73:8 : Ps 1:1
- Psalm 73:8 : Ps 17:10; 2 Pet 2:18; Jude 16
- Psalm 73:9 : Rev 13:6
- Psalm 73:10 : Ps 23:5
- Psalm 73:11 : Job 22:13
- Psalm 73:12 : Ps 49:6; 52:7
- Psalm 73:12 : Jer 49:31; Ezek 23:42
- Psalm 73:13 : Job 21:15; 34:9; 35:3
- Psalm 73:13 : Ps 26:6
- Psalm 73:14 : Ps 38:6
- Psalm 73:14 : Job 33:19; Ps 118:18
- Psalm 73:15 : Ps 14:5
- Psalm 73:16 : Eccl 8:17
- Psalm 73:17 : Ps 27:4; 77:13
- Psalm 73:17 : Ps 37:38
- Psalm 73:18 : Ps 35:6
- Psalm 73:18 : Ps 35:8; 36:12
- Psalm 73:19 : Num 16:21; Is 47:11
- Psalm 73:19 : Job 18:11
- Psalm 73:20 : Job 20:8
- Psalm 73:20 : Ps 78:65
- Psalm 73:20 : 1 Sam 2:30
- Psalm 73:21 : Judg 10:16
- Psalm 73:21 : Acts 2:37
- Psalm 73:22 : Ps 49:10; 92:6
- Psalm 73:22 : Job 18:3; Ps 49:20; Eccl 3:18
- Psalm 73:23 : Ps 16:8
- Psalm 73:24 : Ps 32:8; 48:14; Is 58:11
- Psalm 73:24 : Gen 5:24; Ps 49:15
- Psalm 73:25 : Ps 16:2; Phil 3:8
- Psalm 73:26 : Ps 38:10; 40:12; 84:2; 119:81
- Psalm 73:26 : Ps 16:5
- Psalm 73:27 : Ps 119:155
- Psalm 73:27 : Ps 37:20
- Psalm 73:27 : Ex 34:15; Num 15:39; Ps 106:39; Hos 4:12; 9:1
- Psalm 73:28 : Ps 65:4; Heb 10:22; James 4:8
- Psalm 73:28 : Ps 14:6; 71:7
- Psalm 73:28 : Ps 40:5; 107:22; 118:17
