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Psalms 72
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1A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners.
3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6Therefore pride has possessed them ; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart , and washed my hands in innocency.
13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14For I was plagued all the day , and my reproof [was] every morning.
14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.
15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18Surely thou hast appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.
20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.
22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.
23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.
24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25For what have I in heaven [but thee]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?
25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.
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 cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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.