73:1 Surely God does good to Israel,To those who have purity of heart! |
73:2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. |
73:3 For I envied the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
73:4 For they seem to suffer no pains in their death, And their body has grown fat. |
73:5 They do not have trouble as other men, Nor do they receive plagues like mankind. |
73:6 Therefore they wear pride as their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. |
73:7 Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riotously. |
73:8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. |
73:9 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. |
73:10 Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance they drink. |
73:11 They say, "How does God know? And does the Most High have knowledge?" |
73:12 Behold, the wicked consist of these; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth. |
73:13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence; |
73:14 For I have suffered affliction all day long And chastened 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 pondered to understand this, It seemed troublesome in my sight |
73:17 Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end. |
73:18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. |
73:19 How they have suffered destruction in a moment! Sudden terrors sweep them away! |
73:20 Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form. |
73:21 When my heart felt bitter And I felt pierced within, |
73:22 Then I seemed senseless and ignorant; I resembled a beast before You. |
73:23 Nevertheless I continually stay with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. |
73:24 With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory. |
73:25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. |
73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God strengthens my heart and my portion forever. |
73:27 For, behold, those who drift far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who show faithlessness to You. |
73:28 But as for me, I regard the nearness of God as my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works. |