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my steps had well nigh slipped.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I was envious at the foolish, <i>when</i> I saw the prosperity of the wicked.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For <i>there are</i> no bands in their death: but their strength <i>is</i> firm.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They <i>are</i> not in trouble <i>as other</i> men; neither are they plagued like <i>other</i> men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them <i>as</i> a garment.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They are corrupt, and speak wickedly <i>concerning</i> oppression: they speak loftily.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full <i>cup</i> are wrung out to them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, these <i>are</i> the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase <i>in</i> riches.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Verily I have cleansed my heart <i>in</i> vain, and washed my hands in innocency.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend <i>against</i> the generation of thy children.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When I thought to know this, it <i>was</i> too painful for me;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Until I went into the sanctuary of God; <i>then</i> understood I their end.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How are they <i>brought</i> into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As a dream when <i>one</i> awaketh; <i>so</i>, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So foolish <i>was</i> I, and ignorant: I was <i>as</i> a beast before thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Nevertheless I <i>am</i> continually with thee: thou hast holden <i>me</i> by my right hand.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me <i>to</i> glory.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Whom have I in heaven <i>but thee</i>? and <i>there is</i> none upon earth <i>that</i> I desire beside thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>My flesh and my heart faileth: <i>but</i> God <i>is</i> the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/73-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But <i>it is</i> good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/72.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 72"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 72" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/74.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 74"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 74" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/psalms/73-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>