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Book Three (Psalms 73–89)

A Psalm by Asaph.

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

Footnotes

  1. § 73:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
  2. § 73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
  3. § 73:28 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
King James Version

A Psalm H4210 of Asaph. H623

[1] Truly§ God H430 is good H2896 to Israel, H3478
Even to such as are of a clean H1249 heart. H3824§
[2] But as for me, my feet H7272 were almost H4592 gone; H5186
H5186 My steps H838 had well nigh H369 slipped. H8210
[3] For H3588 I was envious H7065 at the foolish, H1984
When I saw H7200 the prosperity H7965 of the wicked. H7563
[4] For there are no bands H2784 in their death: H4194
But their strength H193 is firm. H1277§
[5] They are not in trouble H5999 as other men; H582§
Neither are they plagued H5060 like H5973§ other men. H120
[6] Therefore pride H1346 compasseth them about as a chain; H6059
Violence H2555 covereth H5848 them as a garment. H7897
[7] Their eyes H5869 stand out H3318 with fatness: H2459
They have more H5674 than heart H3824 could wish. H4906
[8] They are corrupt, H4167 and speak H1696 wickedly H7451 concerning oppression: H6233
They speak H1696 loftily. H4791
[9] They set H8371 their mouth H6310 against the heavens, H8064
And their tongue H3956 walketh H1980 through the earth. H776
[10] Therefore his people H5971 return H7725 H7725 hither: H1988
And waters H4325 of a full H4392 cup are wrung out H4680 to them.
[11] And they say, H559 How doth God H410 know? H3045
And is there H3426 knowledge H1844 in the most High? H5945
[12] Behold, these are the ungodly, H7563 who prosper H7961 in the world; H5769 they increase H7685 in riches. H2428
[13] Verily I have cleansed H2135 my heart H3824 in vain, H7385 and washed H7364 my hands H3709 in innocency. H5356
[14] For all the day H3117 long have I been plagued, H5060
And chastened H8433§ every H3605 morning. H1242
[15] If I say, H559 I will speak H5608 thus; H3644
Behold, I should offend H898 against the generation H1755 of thy children. H1121
[16] When I thought H2803 to know H3045 this,
It was too painful H5999 for me; H5869§
[17] Until H5704 I went H935 into the sanctuary H4720 of God; H410
Then understood H995 I their end. H319
[18] Surely thou didst set H7896 them in slippery places: H2513
Thou castedst them down H5307 into destruction. H4876
[19] How are they brought into desolation, H8047 as in a moment! H7281
They are utterly H5486 consumed H8552 with terrors. H1091
[20] As a dream H2472 when one awaketh; H6974
So, O Lord, H136 when thou awakest, H5782 thou shalt despise H959 their image. H6754
[21] Thus my heart H3824 was grieved, H2556
And I was pricked H8150 in my reins. H3629
[22] So foolish H1198 was I, and ignorant: H3045§
I was as a beast H929 before thee.§
[23] Nevertheless I am continually H8548 with H5973 thee:
Thou hast holden H270 me by my right H3225 hand. H3027
[24] Thou shalt guide H5148 me with thy counsel, H6098
And afterward H310 receive H3947 me to glory. H3519
[25] Whom have I in heaven H8064 but thee?
And there is none upon earth H776 that I desire H2654 beside thee.
[26] My flesh H7607 and my heart H3824 faileth: H3615
But God H430 is the strength H6697§ of my heart, H3824 and my portion H2506 for ever. H5769
[27] For, lo, they that are far H7369 from H4480 thee shall perish: H6
Thou hast destroyed H6789 all H3605 them that go a whoring H2181 from thee.
[28] But H589 it is good H2896 for me to draw near H7132 to God: H430 I have put H7896 my trust H4268 in the Lord H136 God, H3069
That I may declare H5608 all H3605 thy works. H4399

Footnotes

  1. § 73:1a Or, yet
  2. § 73:1b Heb. clean of heart
  3. § 73:4 Heb. fat
  4. § 73:5a Heb. in the trouble of other men
  5. § 73:5b Heb. with
  6. § 73:14 Heb. my chastisement was
  7. § 73:16 Heb. it was labour in mine eyes
  8. § 73:22a Heb. I knew not
  9. § 73:22b Heb. with thee
  10. § 73:26 Heb. rock
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Ψαλμὸς G5568 τῷ G3588 Ασαφ. Ὡς G5613 ἀγαθὸς G18 τῷ G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 τοῖς G3588 εὐθέσι G2117 τῇ G3588 καρδίᾳ. G2588 [2] ‡Ἐμοῦ G1699 δὲ G1161 παρὰ G3844 μικρὸν ἐσαλεύθησαν G4531 οἱ G3588 πόδες, G4228 παρ’ G3844 ὀλίγον G3641 ἐξεχύθη G1632 τὰ G3588 διαβήματά μου. G3450 [3] ‡Ὅτι G3754 ἐζήλωσα G2206 ἐπὶ G1909 τοῖς G3588 ἀνόμοις G459 εἰρήνην G1515 ἁμαρτωλῶν G268 θεωρῶν, G2334 [4] ‡ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἀνάνευσις τῷ G3588 θανάτῳ G2288 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 στερέωμα G4733 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 μάστιγι G3148 αὐτῶν· G846 [5] ‡ἐν G1722 κόποις G2873 ἀνθρώπων G444 οὐκ G3756 εἰσὶν G1526 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 ἀνθρώπων G444 οὐ G3756 μαστιγωθήσονται. G3146 [6] ‡Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἐκράτησεν G2902 αὐτοὺς G846 ἡ G3588 ὑπερηφανία, G5243 περιεβάλοντο G4016 ἀδικίαν G93 καὶ G2532 ἀσέβειαν G763 αὐτῶν. G846 [7] ‡Ἐξελεύσεται G1831 ὡς G5613 ἐκ G1537 στέατος ἡ G3588 ἀδικία G93 αὐτῶν G846 διήλθοσαν G1330 εἰς G1519 διάθεσιν καρδίας· G2588 [8] ‡διενοήθησαν καὶ G2532 ἐλάλησαν G2980 ἐν G1722 πονηρίᾳ, G4189 ἀδικίαν G93 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ὕψος G5311 ἐλάλησαν· G2980 [9] ‡ἔθεντο G5087 εἰς G1519 οὐρανὸν G3772 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 γλῶσσα G1100 αὐτῶν G846 διῆλθεν G1330 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς. G1093 [10] ‡Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἐπιστρέψει G1994 ὁ G3588 λαός G2992 μου G3450 ἐνταῦθα, καὶ G2532 ἡμέραι G2250 πλήρεις G4134 εὑρεθήσονται G2147 αὐτοῖς. G846 [11] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 Πῶς G4459 ἔγνω G1097 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 καὶ G2532 εἰ G1487 ἔστιν G2076 γνῶσις G1108 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὑψίστῳ; G5310 [12] ‡Ἰδοὺ G2400 οὗτοι G3778 ἁμαρτωλοὶ G268 καὶ G2532 εὐθηνοῦνται· εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 κατέσχον G2722 πλούτου. G4149 [13] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Ἄρα G686 ματαίως ἐδικαίωσα G1344 τὴν G3588 καρδίαν G2588 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐνιψάμην G3538 ἐν G1722 ἀθῴοις G121 τὰς G3588 χεῖράς G5495 μου· G3450 [14] ‡καὶ G2532 ἐγενόμην G1096 μεμαστιγωμένος G3146 ὅλην G3650 τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν, G2250 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἔλεγχός G1650 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 τὰς G3588 πρωίας. G4405 [15] ‡Εἰ G1487 ἔλεγον G3004 Διηγήσομαι G1334 οὕτως, G3779 ἰδοὺ G2400 τῇ G3588 γενεᾷ G1074 τῶν G3588 υἱῶν G5207 σου G4675 ἠσυνθέτηκα. [16] ‡Καὶ G2532 ὑπέλαβον G5274 τοῦ G3588 γνῶναι G1097 τοῦτο· G5124 κόπος G2873 ἐστὶν G2076 ἐναντίον G1726 μου, G3450 [17] ‡ἕως G2193 εἰσέλθω G1525 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ἁγιαστήριον τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 καὶ G2532 συνῶ G4920 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἔσχατα G2078 αὐτῶν. G846 [18] ‡Πλὴν G4133 διὰ G1223 τὰς G3588 δολιότητας ἔθου G5087 αὐτοῖς, G846 κατέβαλες G2598 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἐπαρθῆναι. G1869 [19] ‡Πῶς G4459 ἐγένοντο G1096 εἰς G1519 ἐρήμωσιν G2050 ἐξάπινα· G1819 ἐξέλιπον, G1587 ἀπώλοντο G622 διὰ G1223 τὴν G3588 ἀνομίαν G458 αὐτῶν. G846 [20] ‡Ὡσεὶ G5616 ἐνύπνιον G1798 ἐξεγειρομένου, G1825 κύριε, G2962 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 πόλει G4172 σου G4675 τὴν G3588 εἰκόνα G1504 αὐτῶν G846 ἐξουδενώσεις. G1847 [21] ‡Ὅτι G3754 ἐξεκαύθη G1572 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 νεφροί G3510 μου G3450 ἠλλοιώθησαν, [22] ‡καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐξουδενωμένος G1847 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνων, G1097 κτηνώδης ἐγενόμην G1096 παρὰ G3844 σοί. G4671 [23] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 διὰ G1223 παντὸς G3956 μετὰ G3326 σοῦ, G4675 ἐκράτησας G2902 τῆς G3588 χειρὸς G5495 τῆς G3588 δεξιᾶς G1188 μου, G3450 [24] ‡ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 βουλῇ G1012 σου G4675 ὡδήγησάς G3594 με G3165 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 δόξης G1391 προσελάβου G4355 με. G3165 [25] ‡Τί G5101 γάρ G1063 μοι G3427 ὑπάρχει G5225 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οὐρανῷ, G3772 καὶ G2532 παρὰ G3844 σοῦ G4675 τί G5101 ἠθέλησα G2309 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς; G1093 [26] ‡Ἐξέλιπεν G1587 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 σάρξ G4561 μου, G3450 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τῆς G3588 καρδίας G2588 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 μερίς G3310 μου G3450 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα. G165 [27] ‡Ὅτι G3754 ἰδοὺ G2400 οἱ G3588 μακρύνοντες ἑαυτοὺς G1438 ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ G4675 ἀπολοῦνται, G622 ἐξωλέθρευσας G1842 πάντα G3956 τὸν G3588 πορνεύοντα G4203 ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ. G4675 [28] ‡Ἐμοὶ G1699 δὲ G1161 τὸ G3588 προσκολλᾶσθαι G4347 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 ἀγαθόν G18 ἐστιν, G2076 τίθεσθαι G5087 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 κυρίῳ G2962 τὴν G3588 ἐλπίδα G1680 μου G3450 τοῦ G3588 ἐξαγγεῖλαι G1804 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 αἰνέσεις G133 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 πύλαις G4439 τῆς G3588 θυγατρὸς G2364 Σιων. G4622
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 73:1 Originally verse 72:1.
  2. ‡ 73:2 Originally verse 72:2.
  3. ‡ 73:3 Originally verse 72:3.
  4. ‡ 73:4 Originally verse 72:4.
  5. ‡ 73:5 Originally verse 72:5.
  6. ‡ 73:6 Originally verse 72:6.
  7. ‡ 73:7 Originally verse 72:7.
  8. ‡ 73:8 Originally verse 72:8.
  9. ‡ 73:9 Originally verse 72:9.
  10. ‡ 73:10 Originally verse 72:10.
  11. ‡ 73:11 Originally verse 72:11.
  12. ‡ 73:12 Originally verse 72:12.
  13. ‡ 73:13 Originally verse 72:13.
  14. ‡ 73:14 Originally verse 72:14.
  15. ‡ 73:15 Originally verse 72:15.
  16. ‡ 73:16 Originally verse 72:16.
  17. ‡ 73:17 Originally verse 72:17.
  18. ‡ 73:18 Originally verse 72:18.
  19. ‡ 73:19 Originally verse 72:19.
  20. ‡ 73:20 Originally verse 72:20.
  21. ‡ 73:21 Originally verse 72:21.
  22. ‡ 73:22 Originally verse 72:22.
  23. ‡ 73:23 Originally verse 72:23.
  24. ‡ 73:24 Originally verse 72:24.
  25. ‡ 73:25 Originally verse 72:25.
  26. ‡ 73:26 Originally verse 72:26.
  27. ‡ 73:27 Originally verse 72:27.
  28. ‡ 73:28 Originally verse 72:28.