New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 73:2-12

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

10Therefore 23his people return to this place, And waters of 24abundance are 25drunk by them.11They say, “26How does God know? And is there knowledge 27with the Most High?”12Behold, 28these are the wicked; And always 29at ease, they have increased in wealth.

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Notes

1. Psalms 73:2 Ps 94:18 ↩
2. Psalms 73:2 Lit were caused to slip ↩
3. Psalms 73:3 Ps 37:1; Prov 23:17 ↩
4. Psalms 73:3 Or boasters ↩
5. Psalms 73:3 Job 21:7; Ps 37:7; Jer 12:1 ↩
6. Psalms 73:4 Or belly ↩
7. Psalms 73:5 Job 21:9; Ps 73:12 ↩
8. Psalms 73:5 Lit in the trouble of men ↩
9. Psalms 73:5 Or mortals ↩
10. Psalms 73:5 Ps 73:14 ↩
11. Psalms 73:5 Lit with ↩
12. Psalms 73:6 Gen 41:42; Prov 1:9 ↩
13. Psalms 73:6 Ps 109:18 ↩
14. Psalms 73:7 Lit goes forth ↩
15. Psalms 73:7 Job 15:27; Ps 17:10; Jer 5:28 ↩
16. Psalms 73:7 Lit overflow ↩
17. Psalms 73:8 Ps 1:1 ↩
18. Psalms 73:8 Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression ↩
19. Psalms 73:8 Ps 17:10; 2 Pet 2:18; Jude 16 ↩
20. Psalms 73:9 Rev 13:6 ↩
21. Psalms 73:9 Or in ↩
22. Psalms 73:9 Lit walks ↩
23. Psalms 73:10 Or His ↩
24. Psalms 73:10 Ps 23:5 ↩
25. Psalms 73:10 Lit drained out ↩
26. Psalms 73:11 Job 22:13 ↩
27. Psalms 73:11 Lit in ↩
28. Psalms 73:12 Ps 49:6; 52:7 ↩
29. Psalms 73:12 Jer 49:31; Ezek 23:42 ↩

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