Psalm 73
The Fate of the
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Truly God is good to Israel,
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even to such as are of a clean
heart. |
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But as for me, my feet were almost
gone;
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my steps had well-nigh
slipped. |
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For I was envious at the foolish,
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when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For there are no bands in their
death:
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but their strength is firm. |
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They are not in trouble as
other men;
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neither are they plagued like other men. |
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as
a chain;
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violence covereth them as a
garment. |
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Their eyes stand out with fatness:
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they have more than heart could
wish. |
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They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
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They set their mouth against the
heavens,
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and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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Therefore his people return hither:
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and waters of a full cup are wrung out to
them. |
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And they say, How doth God know?
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And is there knowledge in the Most
High? |
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Behold, these are the ungodly,
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who prosper in the world; |
they increase in riches. |
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Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,
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and washed my hands in
innocency. |
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For all the day long have I been
plagued,
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and chastened every morning.
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If I say, I will speak thus;
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behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy
children. |
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When I thought to know this,
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it was too painful for
me; |
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until I went into the sanctuary of
God;
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then understood I their
end. |
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Surely thou didst set them in slippery
places:
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thou castedst them down into
destruction. |
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How are they brought into
desolation, as in a moment!
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They are utterly consumed with
terrors. |
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As a dream when one awaketh;
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so, O Lord, when thou awakest, |
thou shalt despise their image.
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Thus my heart was grieved,
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and I was pricked in my
reins. |
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So foolish was I, and
ignorant:
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I was as a beast before
thee. |
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Nevertheless I am continually with
thee:
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thou hast holden me by my right
hand. |
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Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
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and afterward receive me to glory. |
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Whom have I in heaven but
thee?
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And there is none upon earth that I
desire besides
thee. |
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My flesh and my heart faileth:
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but God is the strength of my
heart, |
and my portion for ever.
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For, lo, they that are far from thee
shall perish:
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thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from
thee. |
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But it is good for me to draw near
to God:
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I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, |
that I may declare all thy
works. |
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