Psalms, psalm 73
Compare with Revised Standard Version: Psal.073
1: Truly JAH is good to Israel, even to such as are
of a clean heart.
2: But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
3: For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
4: For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5: They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like
other men.
6: Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth
them as a garment.
7: Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could
wish.
8: They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they
speak loftily.
9: They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
10: Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
11: And they say, How doth JAH know? and is there knowledge in the
most High?
12: Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase
in riches.
13: Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in
innocency.
14: For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15: If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.
16: When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17: Until I went into the sanctuary of JAH; then understood I their
end.
18: Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them
down into destruction.
19: How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are
utterly consumed with terrors.
20: As a dream when one awaketh; so, O JAH, when thou awakest, thou
shalt despise their image.
21: Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22: So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23: Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by
my right hand.
24: Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me
to glory.
25: Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that
I desire beside thee.
26: My flesh and my heart faileth: but JAH is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
27: For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed
all them that go a whoring from thee.
28: But it is good for me to draw near to JAH: I have put my trust
in JAH GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
1 2
3 4
5 6 7
8
9 10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18
19 20
21
22
23
24
25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135
136 137
138 139
140 141
142 143
144 145
146 147
148 149
150--------------------------------------------------------------------------------