{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":73,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/72","next":"psalms/74","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Surely God [is] good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Surely God [is] good to Israel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to those who are pure in heart."}],"h":"BOOK III Psalms 73–89 Surely God Is Good to Israel","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my steps had nearly slipped."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"For I envied the arrogant [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I envied the arrogant"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"They have no struggle in their death;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their bodies are well-fed."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"They are free of the burdens others {carry}; they are not afflicted like [other] men.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They are free of the burdens others {carry};"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are not afflicted like [other] men."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore pride is their necklace;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a garment of violence covers them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.","f":["Literally Their eye bulges with fatness; Syriac From their callous heart proceeds iniquity"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From their prosperity proceeds iniquity;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the imaginations of their hearts run wild."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They mock and speak with malice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with arrogance they threaten oppression."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They set their mouths against the heavens,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their tongues strut across the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.","f":["Or His people"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So their people return to this place"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and drink up waters in abundance."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"The wicked say,“ How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The wicked say,“ How can God know?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does the Most High have knowledge?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Behold, these [are] the wicked — always carefree as they increase their wealth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, these [are] the wicked —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"always carefree as they increase their wealth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in innocence I have washed my hands."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I am afflicted all day long"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and punished every morning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"If I had said,“ I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I had said,“ I will speak this way,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then I would have betrayed Your children."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When I tried to understand all this,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it was troublesome in my sight"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"until I entered God’s sanctuary;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then I discerned their end."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Surely You set them on slick ground;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You cast them down into ruin."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How suddenly they are laid waste,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"completely swept away by terrors!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Like [one] waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken [and] despise their form.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like [one] waking from a dream,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so You, O Lord, awaken [and] despise their form."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When my heart was grieved"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I was pierced within,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I was senseless and ignorant;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I was a brute beast before You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Yet I am always with You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You hold my right hand."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You guide me with Your counsel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and later receive me in glory."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Whom have I in heaven but You?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"And on earth I desire no one besides You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.","f":["Hebrew rock"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My flesh and my heart may fail,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but God is the strength of my heart"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my portion forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Those far from You will surely perish;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You destroy all who are unfaithful to You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":28,"t":"But as for me, [it is] good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But as for me, [it is] good to draw near to God."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that I may proclaim all Your works."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Psalm of Asaph."}