New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 73:2-22

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 belly is fat.5They are 6not 7in trouble like other people, Nor are they 8tormented together with the rest of mankind.6Therefore arrogance is 9their necklace; The 10garment of violence covers them.7Their eye 11bulges from 12fatness; The imaginations of their heart overflow.8They 13mock and 14wickedly speak of oppression; They 15speak from on high.9They have 16set their mouth 17against the heavens, And their tongue 18parades through the earth.

10Therefore 19his people return here, And 20abundant waters are drunk by them.11They say, “21How does God know? And is there knowledge 22with the Most High?”12Behold, 23these are the wicked; And always 24at ease, they have increased in wealth.13Surely 25in vain I have 26kept my heart pure And 27washed my hands in innocence;14For I have been stricken 28all day long, And 29 30punished every morning.

15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” Behold, I would have betrayed the 31generation of Your children.16When I 32thought of understanding this, It was 33troublesome in my sight17Until I entered the 34 35sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their 36end.18You indeed put them on 37slippery ground; You dropped them into 38 39ruin.19How they are 40 41destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by 42sudden terrors!20Like a 43dream when one awakes, Lord, when 44stirred, You will 45despise their image.

21When my 46heart was embittered And I was 47pierced 48within,22Then I was 49stupid and ignorant; I was like an 50animal 51before You.

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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 73:5 Job 21:9; Ps 73:12 ↩
7. Psalms 73:5 Lit in the trouble of people ↩
8. Psalms 73:5 Ps 73:14 ↩
9. Psalms 73:6 Gen 41:42; Prov 1:9 ↩
10. Psalms 73:6 Ps 109:18 ↩
11. Psalms 73:7 Lit goes forth ↩
12. Psalms 73:7 Job 15:27; Ps 17:10; Jer 5:28 ↩
13. Psalms 73:8 Ps 1:1 ↩
14. Psalms 73:8 Or they speak in wickedness; From on high they speak of oppression ↩
15. Psalms 73:8 Ps 17:10; 2 Pet 2:18; Jude 16 ↩
16. Psalms 73:9 Rev 13:6 ↩
17. Psalms 73:9 Or in ↩
18. Psalms 73:9 Lit walks ↩
19. Psalms 73:10 Or His ↩
20. Psalms 73:10 Ps 23:5 ↩
21. Psalms 73:11 Job 22:13 ↩
22. Psalms 73:11 Lit in ↩
23. Psalms 73:12 Ps 49:6; 52:7 ↩
24. Psalms 73:12 Jer 49:31; Ezek 23:42 ↩
25. Psalms 73:13 Job 21:15; 34:9; 35:3 ↩
26. Psalms 73:13 Or cleansed my heart ↩
27. Psalms 73:13 Ps 26:6 ↩
28. Psalms 73:14 Ps 38:6 ↩
29. Psalms 73:14 Lit my punishment ↩
30. Psalms 73:14 Job 33:19; Ps 118:18 ↩
31. Psalms 73:15 Ps 14:5 ↩
32. Psalms 73:16 Eccl 8:17 ↩
33. Psalms 73:16 Lit labor, trouble ↩
34. Psalms 73:17 Lit sanctuaries ↩
35. Psalms 73:17 Ps 27:4; 77:13 ↩
36. Psalms 73:17 Ps 37:38 ↩
37. Psalms 73:18 Ps 35:6 ↩
38. Psalms 73:18 Or deception ↩
39. Psalms 73:18 Ps 35:8; 36:12 ↩
40. Psalms 73:19 Lit become a desolation ↩
41. Psalms 73:19 Num 16:21; Is 47:11 ↩
42. Psalms 73:19 Job 18:11 ↩
43. Psalms 73:20 Job 20:8 ↩
44. Psalms 73:20 Ps 78:65 ↩
45. Psalms 73:20 1 Sam 2:30 ↩
46. Psalms 73:21 Judg 10:16 ↩
47. Psalms 73:21 Acts 2:37 ↩
48. Psalms 73:21 Lit in my kidneys ↩
49. Psalms 73:22 Ps 49:10; 92:6 ↩
50. Psalms 73:22 Job 18:3; Ps 49:20; Eccl 3:18 ↩
51. Psalms 73:22 Lit with You ↩

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