73:1 |
<> Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. |
73:2 |
But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. |
73:3 |
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
73:4 |
For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm. |
73:5 |
They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men. |
73:6 |
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. |
73:7 |
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. |
73:8 |
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. |
73:9 |
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. |
73:10 |
Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. |
73:11 |
They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
73:12 |
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. |
73:13 |
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, |
73:14 |
For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning. |
73:15 |
If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. |
73:16 |
When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me; |
73:17 |
Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end. |
73:18 |
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. |
73:19 |
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. |
73:20 |
As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. |
73:21 |
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. |
73:22 |
I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. |
73:23 |
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. |
73:24 |
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
73:25 |
Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you. |
73:26 |
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
73:27 |
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. |
73:28 |
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. |