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Psalms 73:2-22

2But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;3For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.4For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;5They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:9They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.10Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.11And they say, How can 1God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?12Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.13Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:14For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.15If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.16When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;17Until I went into the sanctuaries of 2God; [then] understood I their end.18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.21When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,22Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.

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Notes

1. Psalms 73:11 73.11 El ↩
2. Psalms 73:17 73.17 El ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 73

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