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Psalm 73 NASB 1995
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class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NASB 1995</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/psalms/73.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><font color="#000000"><b><i>BOOK 3</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The End of the Wicked Contrasted with That of the Righteous.</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000001"><b>A Psalm of Asaph.</b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>Surely God is good to Israel,<br> To those who are pure in heart!<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,<br> My steps had almost slipped.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>For I was envious of the arrogant<br> <i>As</i> I saw the prosperity of the wicked.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>For there are no pains in their death,<br> And their body is fat.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>They are not in trouble <i>as other</i> men,<br> Nor are they plagued like mankind.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore pride is their necklace;<br> The garment of violence covers them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Their eye bulges from fatness;<br> The imaginations of <i>their</i> heart run riot.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;<br> They speak from on high.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>They have set their mouth against the heavens,<br> And their tongue parades through the earth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore his people return to this place,<br> And waters of abundance are drunk by them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>They say, “How does God know?<br> And is there knowledge with the Most High?”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, these are the wicked;<br> And always at ease, they have increased <i>in</i> wealth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure<br> And washed my hands in innocence;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>For I have been stricken all day long<br> And chastened every morning.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>If I had said, “I will speak thus,”<br> Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>When I pondered to understand this,<br> It was troublesome in my sight<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Until I came into the sanctuary of God;<br> <i>Then</i> I perceived their end.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Surely You set them in slippery places;<br> You cast them down to destruction.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>How they are destroyed in a moment!<br> They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Like a dream when one awakes,<br> O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>When my heart was embittered<br> And I was pierced within,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Then I was senseless and ignorant;<br> I was <i>like</i> a beast before You.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Nevertheless I am continually with You;<br> You have taken hold of my right hand.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>With Your counsel You will guide me,<br> And afterward receive me to glory.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Whom have I in heaven <i>but You?</i><br> And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>My flesh and my heart may fail,<br> But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;<br> You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/73-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;<br> I have made the Lord G<font size="1">OD</font> my refuge,<br> That I may tell of all Your works.<br><p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 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