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Psalms, Psalm 73

¹ To those who are pure in heart!	1 Psa 86:5 Psa 24:4 Psa 51:10 Mat 5:8
² Surely God is good to Israel,	2 Psa 94:18
² But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps^a Lit were caused to sliphad almost slipped.
³ For I was envious of the^b Or boastersarrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.	3 Psa 37:1 Pro 23:17 Job 21:7 Psa 37:7 Jer 12:1
⁴ For there are no pains in their death, And their^c Or bellybody is fat.
⁵ They are not^d Lit in the trouble of menin trouble as other^e Or mortalsmen, Nor are they plagued^f Lit withlike mankind.	5 Job 21:9 Psa 73:12 Psa 73:14
⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.	6 Gen 41:42 Pro 1:9 Psa 109:18
⁷ Their eye^g Lit goes forthbulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart^h Lit overflowrun riot.	7 Job 15:27 Psa 17:10 Jer 5:28
⁸ They mock andⁱwickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.	8 Psa 1:1 Psa 17:10 Pe2 2:18 (Jud 16)
⁹ They have set their mouth^j Or inagainst the heavens, And their tongue^k Lit walksparades through the earth.	9 Rev 13:6
¹⁰ Therefore^l Or Hishis people return to this place, And waters of abundance are^m Lit drained outdrunk by them.	10 Psa 23:5
¹¹ They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledgeⁿ Lit inwith the Most High?”	11 Job 22:13
¹² Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.	12 Psa 49:6 Psa 52:7 Jer 49:31 Eze 23:42
¹³ Surely in vain I have^o Or cleansed my heartkept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;	13 Job 21:15 Job 34:9 Job 35:3 Psa 26:6
¹⁴ For I have been stricken all day long And^p Lit my chasteningchastened every morning.	14 Psa 38:6 Job 33:19 Psa 118:18
¹⁵ If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.	15 Psa 14:5
¹⁶ When I pondered to understand this, It was^q Lit labor, troubletroublesome in my sight	16 Ecc 8:17
¹⁷ Until I came into the^r Lit sanctuariessanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.	17 Psa 27:4 Psa 77:13 Psa 37:38
¹⁸ Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to^s Lit ruinsdestruction.	18 Psa 35:6 Psa 35:8 Psa 36:12
¹⁹ How they are^t Lit become a desolationdestroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!	19 Num 16:21 Isa 47:11 Job 18:11
²⁰ Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their^u Or imageform.	20 Job 20:8 Psa 78:65 Sa1 2:30
²¹ When my heart was embittered And I was pierced^v Lit in my kidneyswithin,	21 Jdg 10:16 Act 2:37
²² Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like^w Or an animala beast^x Lit with Youbefore You.	22 Psa 49:10 Psa 92:6 Job 18:3 Psa 49:20 Ecc 3:18
²³ Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.	23 Psa 16:8
²⁴ With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me^y Or with honorto glory.	24 Psa 32:8 Psa 48:14 Isa 58:11 Gen 5:24 Psa 49:15
²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but You? And^z Or withbesides You, I desire nothing on earth.	25 Psa 16:2 Php 3:8
²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the^aa Lit rockstrength of my heart and my portion forever.	26 Psa 38:10 Psa 40:12 Psa 84:2 Psa 119:81 Psa 16:5
²⁷ For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have^ab Or silenceddestroyed all those who^ac Lit go to a whoring fromare unfaithful to You.	27 Psa 119:155 Psa 37:20 Exo 34:15 Num 15:39 Psa 106:39 Hos 4:12 Hos 9:1
²⁸ But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord^ad Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.	28 Psa 65:4 Heb 10:22 Jam 4:8 Psa 14:6 Psa 71:7 Psa 40:5 Psa 107:22 Psa 118:17


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