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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/72.htm" title="Psalm 72">◄</a> Psalm 73 <a href="../psalms/74.htm" title="Psalm 74">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch23073" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">Third Book—Psalms 73–89</h1> <h1 id="cn23073" class="cn"><a class="xlef" hlef="#rbk23"><span class="ac">Psalm</span> 73</a><a id="rfn23073000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23073000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 class="cs">The Trial of the Just</h1> <p class="pf-center"><span id="v23073001" class="ver">1</span>A psalm of Asaph.</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">How good God is to the upright,</p> <p class="sl1">to those who are pure of heart!</p> </div> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23073002" class="ver">2</span>But, as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;</p> <p class="sl1">my steps had nearly slipped,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073003" class="ver">3</span>Because I was envious of the arrogant</p> <p class="sl1">when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.<a id="ren23073003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073004" class="ver">4</span>For they suffer no pain;</p> <p class="sl1">their bodies are healthy and sleek.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073005" class="ver">5</span>They are free of the burdens of life;</p> <p class="sl1">they are not afflicted like others.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073006" class="ver">6</span>Thus pride adorns them as a necklace;</p> <p class="sl1">violence clothes them as a robe.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073007" class="ver">7</span>Out of such blindness comes sin;</p> <p class="sl1">evil thoughts flood their hearts.<a id="ren23073007-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073007-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073008" class="ver">8</span>They scoff and spout their malice;</p> <p class="sl1">from on high they utter threats.<a id="ren23073008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073008-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073009" class="ver">9</span><a id="rfn23073009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23073009-1">*</a>They set their mouths against the heavens,</p> <p class="sl1">their tongues roam the earth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn23073010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23073010-1">*</a>So my people turn to them</p> <p class="sl1">and drink deeply of their words.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073011" class="ver">11</span>They say, “Does God really know?”</p> <p class="sl1">“Does the Most High have any knowledge?”<a id="ren23073011-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073011-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073012" class="ver">12</span>Such, then, are the wicked,</p> <p class="sl1">always carefree, increasing their wealth.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23073013" class="ver">13</span>Is it in vain that I have kept my heart pure,</p> <p class="sl1">washed my hands in innocence?<a id="ren23073013-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073013-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073014" class="ver">14</span>For I am afflicted day after day,</p> <p class="sl1">chastised every morning.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073015" class="ver">15</span>Had I thought, “I will speak as they do,”</p> <p class="sl1">I would have betrayed this generation of your children.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073016" class="ver">16</span>Though I tried to understand all this,</p> <p class="sl1">it was too difficult for me,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073017" class="ver">17</span>Till I entered the sanctuary of God</p> <p class="sl1">and came to understand their end.<a id="rfn23073017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23073017-1">*</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23073018" class="ver">18</span>You set them, indeed, on a slippery road;</p> <p class="sl1">you hurl them down to ruin.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073019" class="ver">19</span>How suddenly they are devastated;</p> <p class="sl1">utterly undone by disaster!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073020" class="ver">20</span>They are like a dream after waking, Lord,</p> <p class="sl1">dismissed like shadows when you arise.<a id="ren23073020-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073020-f">f</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23073021" class="ver">21</span>Since my heart was embittered</p> <p class="sl1">and my soul deeply wounded,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073022" class="ver">22</span>I was stupid and could not understand;</p> <p class="sl1">I was like a brute beast in your presence.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073023" class="ver">23</span>Yet I am always with you;</p> <p class="sl1">you take hold of my right hand.<a id="ren23073023-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23073023-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073024" class="ver">24</span>With your counsel you guide me,</p> <p class="sl1">and at the end receive me with honor.<a id="rfn23073024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23073024-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073025" class="ver">25</span>Whom else have I in the heavens?</p> <p class="sl1">None beside you delights me on earth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073026" class="ver">26</span>Though my flesh and my heart fail,</p> <p class="sl1">God is the rock of my heart, my portion forever.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073027" class="ver">27</span>But those who are far from you perish;</p> <p class="sl1">you destroy those unfaithful to you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23073028" class="ver">28</span>As for me, to be near God is my good,</p> <p class="sl1">to make the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> my refuge.</p> <p class="sl">I shall declare all your works</p> <p class="sl1">in the gates of daughter Zion.<a id="rfn23073028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23073028-1">*</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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