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King James Bible

 

King James Bible

Youngs Literal Translation


73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel `is' God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. And their might `is' firm.
73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Lo, these `are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof `is' every morning.
73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; And I think to know this, Perverseness it `is' in mine eyes,
73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.
73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. And I `am' continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion `is' God to the age.
73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.
73:28 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. And I -- nearness of God to me `is' good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!