73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! |
73:2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. |
73:3 For I was envious of the arrogant {As} I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
73:4 For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat. |
73:5 They are not in trouble {as other} men, Nor are they plagued like mankind. |
73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. |
73:7 Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of {their} heart run riot. |
73:8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. |
73:9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth. |
73:10 Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them. |
73:11 They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?" |
73:12 Behold, these are the wicked; 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 been stricken 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 was 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 are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors! |
73:20 Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form. |
73:21 When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, |
73:22 Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was {like} a beast before You. |
73:23 Nevertheless I am continually 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 is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
73:27 For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You. |
73:28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works. |