CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 73 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/73.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/73-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Psalm 73</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" 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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/73.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="maintitle">BOOK III</p><p class="secondarytitle">Psalms 73–89</p><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 73</p><p class="hebrewtitle">A psalm of Asaph.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Surely God is good to Israel,</p><p class="line2">to those who are pure in heart.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;</p><p class="line2">I had nearly lost my foothold.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I envied the arrogant</p><p class="line2">when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They have no struggles;</p><p class="line2">their bodies are healthy and strong. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; their bodies are healthy">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They are free from common human burdens;</p><p class="line2">they are not plagued by human ills.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore pride is their necklace;</p><p class="line2">they clothe themselves with violence.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>From their callous hearts comes iniquity <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat">b</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">their evil imaginations have no limits.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They scoff, and speak with malice;</p><p class="line2">with arrogance they threaten oppression.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Their mouths lay claim to heaven,</p><p class="line2">and their tongues take possession of the earth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore their people turn to them</p><p class="line2">and drink up waters in abundance. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.">c</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They say, “How would God know?</p><p class="line2">Does the Most High know anything?”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>This is what the wicked are like—</p><p class="line2">always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure</p><p class="line2">and have washed my hands in innocence.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>All day long I have been afflicted,</p><p class="line2">and every morning brings new punishments.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If I had spoken out like that,</p><p class="line2">I would have betrayed your children.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When I tried to understand all this,</p><p class="line2">it troubled me deeply</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>till I entered the sanctuary of God;</p><p class="line2">then I understood their final destiny.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Surely you place them on slippery ground;</p><p class="line2">you cast them down to ruin.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How suddenly are they destroyed,</p><p class="line2">completely swept away by terrors!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They are like a dream when one awakes;</p><p class="line2">when you arise, Lord,</p><p class="line2">you will despise them as fantasies.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When my heart was grieved</p><p class="line2">and my spirit embittered,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I was senseless and ignorant;</p><p class="line2">I was a brute beast before you.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Yet I am always with you;</p><p class="line2">you hold me by my right hand.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You guide me with your counsel,</p><p class="line2">and afterward you will take me into glory.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Whom have I in heaven but you?</p><p class="line2">And earth has nothing I desire besides you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>My flesh and my heart may fail,</p><p class="line2">but God is the strength of my heart</p><p class="line2">and my portion forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Those who are far from you will perish;</p><p class="line2">you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But as for me, it is good to be near God.</p><p class="line2">I have made the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> my refuge;</p><p class="line2">I will tell of all your deeds.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text <i>struggles at their death;<br />     their bodies are healthy</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew <i>Their eyes bulge with fat</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.</p><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="//biblescan.com/mpc/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="../sidemenubib2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>