Psalms 72 — UBES
72Verse 1A Psalm for Asaph.How good is God to Israel,
To the upright in heart!
Verse 2But my feet were almost overthrown;
My goings very nearly slipped.
Verse 3For I was jealous of the transgressors,
Beholding the tranquility of sinners.Verse 4For there is no sign of reluctance in their death:
And they have firmness under their affliction.
Verse 5They are not in the troubles of other men;
And they shall not be scourged with other men.
Verse 6Therefore pride has possessed them;
They have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
Verse 7Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness:
They have fulfilled their intention.
Verse 8They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness:
They have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
Verse 9They have set their mouth against heaven,
And their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
Verse 10Therefore shall my people return hither:
And full days shall be found with them.
Verse 11And they said, How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Verse 12Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always:
They have possessed wealth.Verse 13And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart,
And washed my hands in innocency.
Verse 14For I was plagued all the day,
And my reproof was every morning.
Verse 15If I said, I will speak thus;
Behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.
Verse 16And I undertook to understand this,
But it is too hard for me,
Verse 17Until I go into the sanctuary of God;
And so understand the latter end.Verse 18Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings:
Thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
Verse 19How have they become desolate!
Suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
Verse 20As the dream of one awakening,
O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.Verse 21For my heart has rejoiced,
And my reins have been gladdened.
Verse 22But I was vile and knew not:
I became brutish before thee.
Verse 23Yet I am continually with thee:
Thou hast holden my right hand.
Verse 24Thou hast guided me by thy counsel,
And thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.
Verse 25For what have I in heaven but thee?
And what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?
Verse 26My heart and my flesh have failed:
But God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion forever.Verse 27For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish:
Thou hast destroyed everyone that goes a-whoring from thee.
Verse 28But it is good for me to cleave close to God,
To put my trust in the Lord;
That I may proclaim all thy praises
In the gates of the daughter of Zion.
To the upright in heart!
Verse 2But my feet were almost overthrown;
My goings very nearly slipped.
Verse 3For I was jealous of the transgressors,
Beholding the tranquility of sinners.Verse 4For there is no sign of reluctance in their death:
And they have firmness under their affliction.
Verse 5They are not in the troubles of other men;
And they shall not be scourged with other men.
Verse 6Therefore pride has possessed them;
They have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
Verse 7Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness:
They have fulfilled their intention.
Verse 8They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness:
They have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
Verse 9They have set their mouth against heaven,
And their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
Verse 10Therefore shall my people return hither:
And full days shall be found with them.
Verse 11And they said, How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Verse 12Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always:
They have possessed wealth.Verse 13And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart,
And washed my hands in innocency.
Verse 14For I was plagued all the day,
And my reproof was every morning.
Verse 15If I said, I will speak thus;
Behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.
Verse 16And I undertook to understand this,
But it is too hard for me,
Verse 17Until I go into the sanctuary of God;
And so understand the latter end.Verse 18Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings:
Thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
Verse 19How have they become desolate!
Suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
Verse 20As the dream of one awakening,
O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.Verse 21For my heart has rejoiced,
And my reins have been gladdened.
Verse 22But I was vile and knew not:
I became brutish before thee.
Verse 23Yet I am continually with thee:
Thou hast holden my right hand.
Verse 24Thou hast guided me by thy counsel,
And thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.
Verse 25For what have I in heaven but thee?
And what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?
Verse 26My heart and my flesh have failed:
But God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion forever.Verse 27For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish:
Thou hast destroyed everyone that goes a-whoring from thee.
Verse 28But it is good for me to cleave close to God,
To put my trust in the Lord;
That I may proclaim all thy praises
In the gates of the daughter of Zion.