Psalm 73

 ¹Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

 ²But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

 ³For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

 ⁴For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

 ⁵They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

 ⁶Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

 ⁷Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

 ⁸They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

 ⁹They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

 ¹⁰Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

 ¹¹And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

 ¹²Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

 ¹³Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

 ¹⁴For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

 ¹⁵If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

 ¹⁶When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

 ¹⁷Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

 ¹⁸Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

 ¹⁹How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

 ²⁰As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

 ²¹Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

 ²²So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

 ²³Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

 ²⁴Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

 ²⁵Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

 ²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

 ²⁷For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

 ²⁸But 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.