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Passage Lookup: Psalms 73
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28 verses
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Psalms 73:1
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A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are of a pure heart.
Psalms 73:2
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And as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps nearly made to slip.
Psalms 73:3
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For I was jealous of the proud; I looked upon the peace of the wicked.
Psalms 73:4
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For there are no pangs to their death; but their body is fat.
Psalms 73:5
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They are not in the misery of mortal man; and with men they are not touched.
Psalms 73:6
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So pride enchains them; violence covers them like a robe.
Psalms 73:7
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Their eyes go out with fatness; they have passed the imaginations of the heart.
Psalms 73:8
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They scoff and speak in evil; from on high they speak oppression.
Psalms 73:9
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They set their mouth in the heavens; and their tongues walk through the earth.
Psalms 73:10
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Because of this His people shall return here; and waters of a full cup shall be drained by them.
Psalms 73:11
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And they say, How does God know? And, Is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 73:12
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Behold! These are the ungodly who are always at ease; they increase their riches.
Psalms 73:13
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Surely I have purified my heart in vain; and I have washed my hands in innocence.
Psalms 73:14
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For all the day I was touched; and my chastening is at the mornings.
Psalms 73:15
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If I say, This is the way I will speak; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.
Psalms 73:16
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And I thought to know this; it was a travail in my eyes,
Psalms 73:17
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until I went into the sanctuary of God; now I understood their end.
Psalms 73:18
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Surely, You will set their feet in slippery places; You will make them fall into ruin.
Psalms 73:19
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How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away with terrors!
Psalms 73:20
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Like a dream when being aroused from dreaming, O Lord, in awaking You will despise their image.
Psalms 73:21
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For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pierced in my reins.
Psalms 73:22
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And I was brutish and did not know; I was like animals with You.
Psalms 73:23
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Yet I was continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
Psalms 73:24
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You shall guide me by Your counsel; and afterward You will take me to glory.
Psalms 73:25
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Whom have I in Heaven? And I have no desire on earth besides You.
Psalms 73:26
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My flesh and my heart waste away; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:27
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For, lo, those who are far from You shall be lost; You have cut off all who go whoring away from You.
Psalms 73:28
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As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have made my refuge in the Lord Jehovah, to declare all Your works.
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Green's Literal Translation
Copyright © 1976-2000 by Jay P. Green, Sr. Used by permission of the copyright holder.
Copyright © 1976-2000 by Jay P. Green, Sr. Used by permission of the copyright holder.
