New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 73:12-22

12Behold, 1these are the wicked; And always 2at ease, they have increased in wealth.13Surely 3in vain I have 4kept my heart pure And 5washed my hands in innocence;14For I have been stricken 6all day long And 7 8chastened every morning.

15If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the 9generation of Your children.16When I 10pondered to understand this, It was 11troublesome in my sight17Until I came into the 12 13sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their 14end.18Surely You set them in 15slippery places; You cast them down to 16 17destruction.19How they are 18 19destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by 20sudden terrors!20Like a 21dream when one awakes, O Lord, when 22aroused, You will 23despise their 24form.

21When my 25heart was embittered And I was 26pierced 27within,22Then I was 28senseless and ignorant; I was like 29a 30beast 31before You.

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Notes

1. Psalms 73:12 Ps 49:6; 52:7 ↩
2. Psalms 73:12 Jer 49:31; Ezek 23:42 ↩
3. Psalms 73:13 Job 21:15; 34:9; 35:3 ↩
4. Psalms 73:13 Or cleansed my heart ↩
5. Psalms 73:13 Ps 26:6 ↩
6. Psalms 73:14 Ps 38:6 ↩
7. Psalms 73:14 Lit my chastening ↩
8. Psalms 73:14 Job 33:19; Ps 118:18 ↩
9. Psalms 73:15 Ps 14:5 ↩
10. Psalms 73:16 Eccl 8:17 ↩
11. Psalms 73:16 Lit labor, trouble ↩
12. Psalms 73:17 Lit sanctuaries ↩
13. Psalms 73:17 Ps 27:4; 77:13 ↩
14. Psalms 73:17 Ps 37:38 ↩
15. Psalms 73:18 Ps 35:6 ↩
16. Psalms 73:18 Lit ruins ↩
17. Psalms 73:18 Ps 35:8; 36:12 ↩
18. Psalms 73:19 Lit become a desolation ↩
19. Psalms 73:19 Num 16:21; Is 47:11 ↩
20. Psalms 73:19 Job 18:11 ↩
21. Psalms 73:20 Job 20:8 ↩
22. Psalms 73:20 Ps 78:65 ↩
23. Psalms 73:20 1 Sam 2:30 ↩
24. Psalms 73:20 Or image ↩
25. Psalms 73:21 Judg 10:16 ↩
26. Psalms 73:21 Acts 2:37 ↩
27. Psalms 73:21 Lit in my kidneys ↩
28. Psalms 73:22 Ps 49:10; 92:6 ↩
29. Psalms 73:22 Or an animal ↩
30. Psalms 73:22 Job 18:3; Ps 49:20; Eccl 3:18 ↩
31. Psalms 73:22 Lit with You ↩

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