| 73:1
| Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
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| 73:2
| But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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| 73:3
| For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
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| 73:4
| For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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| 73:5
| They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like
other men.
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| 73:6
| Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them
as a garment.
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| 73:7
| Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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| 73:8
| They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily.
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| 73:9
| They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
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| 73:10
| Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them.
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| 73:11
| And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most
High?
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| 73:12
| Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase
in riches.
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| 73:13
| Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in
innocency.
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| 73:14
| For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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| 73:15
| If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.
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| 73:16
| When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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| 73:17
| Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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| 73:18
| Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down
into destruction.
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| 73:19
| How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly
consumed with terrors.
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| 73:20
| As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt
despise their image.
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| 73:21
| Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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| 73:22
| So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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| 73:23
| Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right
hand.
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| 73:24
| Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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| 73:25
| Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee.
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| 73:26
| My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and
my portion for ever.
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| 73:27
| For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed
all them that go a whoring from thee.
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| 73:28
| 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.
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