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Psalms 73:1
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{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
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Psalms 73:2
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
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Psalms 73:3
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For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
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Psalms 73:4
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For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
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Psalms 73:5
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They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
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Psalms 73:6
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Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
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Psalms 73:7
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Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
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Psalms 73:8
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They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
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Psalms 73:9
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They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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Psalms 73:10
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Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
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Psalms 73:11
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And they say, How can łGod know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
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Psalms 73:12
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Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
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Psalms 73:13
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Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
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Psalms 73:14
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For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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Psalms 73:15
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If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
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Psalms 73:16
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When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
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Psalms 73:17
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Until I went into the sanctuaries of łGod; [then] understood I their end.
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Psalms 73:18
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Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
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Psalms 73:19
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How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
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Psalms 73:20
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As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
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Psalms 73:21
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When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
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Psalms 73:22
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Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
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Psalms 73:23
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Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
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Psalms 73:24
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Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
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Psalms 73:25
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Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
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Psalms 73:26
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My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
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Psalms 73:27
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For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
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Psalms 73:28
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But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.
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