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Psalms 73
God Is My Strength And Portion Forever
A Psalm Of Asaph

Audio Reading • Kings James Version

Psalms 73
King James Version

1 Truly God is good to Israel,
even to such as are of a clean heart.​
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
my steps had well nigh slipped.​
3 For I was envious at the foolish,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.​

4 For there are no bands in their death:
but their strength is firm.​
5 They are not in trouble as other men;
neither are they plagued like other men.​
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;
violence covereth them as a garment.​
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness:
they have more than heart could wish.​
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
they speak loftily.​
9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
and their tongue walketh through the earth.​

10 Therefore his people return hither:
and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.​
11 And they say, How doth God know?
and is there knowledge in the most High?​
12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
who prosper in the world;
they increase in riches.​
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,
and washed my hands in innocency.​
14 For all the day long have I been plagued,
and chastened every morning.​

15 If I say, I will speak thus;
behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.​
16 When I thought to know this,
it was too painful for me;​
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then understood I their end.​

18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places:
thou castedst them down into destruction.​
19 How are they brought into desolation,
as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.​
20 As a dream when one awaketh;
so, O Lord, when thou awakest,
thou shalt despise their image.​

21 Thus my heart was grieved,
and I was pricked in my reins.​
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant:
I was as a beast before thee.​
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
thou hast holden me by my right hand.​
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.​

25 Whom have I in heaven but thee?
and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.​
26 My flesh and my heart faileth:
but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.​

27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.​
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God:
I have put my trust in the Lord God,
that I may declare all thy works.


The Tragedy Of The Wicked And The Blessedness Of Trust in God
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