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psalms 73

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

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