New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 73:1-17

1Surely God is 1good to Israel, To those who are 2pure in heart!2But as for me, 3my feet came close to stumbling, My steps 4had almost slipped.3For I was 5envious of the 6arrogant As I saw the 7prosperity of the wicked.4For there are no pains in their death, And their 8body is fat.5They are 9not 10in trouble as other 11men, Nor are they 12plagued 13like mankind.6Therefore pride is 14their necklace; The 15garment of violence covers them.7Their eye 16bulges from 17fatness; The imaginations of their heart 18run riot.8They 19mock and 20wickedly speak of oppression; They 21speak from on high.9They have 22set their mouth 23against the heavens, And their tongue 24parades through the earth.

10Therefore 25his people return to this place, And waters of 26abundance are 27drunk by them.11They say, “28How does God know? And is there knowledge 29with the Most High?”12Behold, 30these are the wicked; And always 31at ease, they have increased in wealth.13Surely 32in vain I have 33kept my heart pure And 34washed my hands in innocence;14For I have been stricken 35all day long And 36 37chastened every morning.

15If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the 38generation of Your children.16When I 39pondered to understand this, It was 40troublesome in my sight17Until I came into the 41 42sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their 43end.

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Notes

1. Psalms 73:1 Ps 86:5 ↩
2. Psalms 73:1 Ps 24:4; 51:10; Matt 5:8 ↩
3. Psalms 73:2 Ps 94:18 ↩
4. Psalms 73:2 Lit were caused to slip ↩
5. Psalms 73:3 Ps 37:1; Prov 23:17 ↩
6. Psalms 73:3 Or boasters ↩
7. Psalms 73:3 Job 21:7; Ps 37:7; Jer 12:1 ↩
8. Psalms 73:4 Or belly ↩
9. Psalms 73:5 Job 21:9; Ps 73:12 ↩
10. Psalms 73:5 Lit in the trouble of men ↩
11. Psalms 73:5 Or mortals ↩
12. Psalms 73:5 Ps 73:14 ↩
13. Psalms 73:5 Lit with ↩
14. Psalms 73:6 Gen 41:42; Prov 1:9 ↩
15. Psalms 73:6 Ps 109:18 ↩
16. Psalms 73:7 Lit goes forth ↩
17. Psalms 73:7 Job 15:27; Ps 17:10; Jer 5:28 ↩
18. Psalms 73:7 Lit overflow ↩
19. Psalms 73:8 Ps 1:1 ↩
20. Psalms 73:8 Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression ↩
21. Psalms 73:8 Ps 17:10; 2 Pet 2:18; Jude 16 ↩
22. Psalms 73:9 Rev 13:6 ↩
23. Psalms 73:9 Or in ↩
24. Psalms 73:9 Lit walks ↩
25. Psalms 73:10 Or His ↩
26. Psalms 73:10 Ps 23:5 ↩
27. Psalms 73:10 Lit drained out ↩
28. Psalms 73:11 Job 22:13 ↩
29. Psalms 73:11 Lit in ↩
30. Psalms 73:12 Ps 49:6; 52:7 ↩
31. Psalms 73:12 Jer 49:31; Ezek 23:42 ↩
32. Psalms 73:13 Job 21:15; 34:9; 35:3 ↩
33. Psalms 73:13 Or cleansed my heart ↩
34. Psalms 73:13 Ps 26:6 ↩
35. Psalms 73:14 Ps 38:6 ↩
36. Psalms 73:14 Lit my chastening ↩
37. Psalms 73:14 Job 33:19; Ps 118:18 ↩
38. Psalms 73:15 Ps 14:5 ↩
39. Psalms 73:16 Eccl 8:17 ↩
40. Psalms 73:16 Lit labor, trouble ↩
41. Psalms 73:17 Lit sanctuaries ↩
42. Psalms 73:17 Ps 27:4; 77:13 ↩
43. Psalms 73:17 Ps 37:38 ↩

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