Psalms 73 — KJVCP

A Psalm of Asaph.

73Verse 1Truly God is good to Israel,
Even to such as are of a clean heart.
^{Verse 2}But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
My steps had well nigh slipt.
^{Verse 3}For I was envious at the foolish,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
^{Verse 4}For there are no bands in their death:
But their strength is firm.
^{Verse 5}They are not in trouble as other men;
Neither are they plagued like other men.
^{Verse 6}Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;
Violence covereth them as a garment.
^{Verse 7}Their eyes stand out with fatness:
They have more than heart could wish.
^{Verse 8}They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
They speak loftily.
^{Verse 9}They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walketh through the earth.
^{Verse 10}Therefore his people return hither:
And waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
^{Verse 11}And they say, How doth God know?
And is there knowledge in the most High?^{Verse 12}Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
^{Verse 13}Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,
And washed my hands in innocency.
^{Verse 14}For all the day long have I been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
^{Verse 15}If I say, I will speak thus;
Behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
^{Verse 16}When I thought to know this,
It was too painful for me;
^{Verse 17}Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then understood I their end.
^{Verse 18}Surely thou didst set them in slippery places:
Thou castedst them down into destruction.
^{Verse 19}How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
^{Verse 20}As a dream when one awaketh;
So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.^{Verse 21}Thus my heart was grieved,
And I was pricked in my reins.
^{Verse 22}So foolish was I, and ignorant:
I was as a beast before thee.
^{Verse 23}Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
Thou hast holden me by my right hand.
^{Verse 24}Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
^{Verse 25}Whom have I in heaven but thee?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
^{Verse 26}My flesh and my heart faileth:
But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
^{Verse 27}For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
^{Verse 28}But it is good for me to draw near to God:
I have put my trust in the Lord God,
That I may declare all thy works.