Psalms 73
A Psalm of Asaph.
1Truly God <add>is</add> good to Israel, <add>even</add> 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, <add>when</add> I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For <add>there are</add> no bands in their death: but their strength <add>is</add> firm.
5They <add>are</add> not in trouble <add>as other</add> men; neither are they plagued like <add>other</add> men.
6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them <add>as</add> a garment.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly <add>concerning</add> 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 <add>cup</add> are wrung out to them.
11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12Behold, these <add>are</add> the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase <add>in</add> riches.
13Verily I have cleansed my heart <add>in</add> 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 <add>against</add> the generation of thy children.
16When I thought to know this, it <add>was</add> too painful for me;
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; <add>then</add> understood I their end.
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19How are they <add>brought</add> into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20As a dream when <add>one</add> awaketh; <add>so</add>, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22So foolish <add>was</add> I, and ignorant: I was <add>as</add> a beast before thee.
23Nevertheless I <add>am</add> continually with thee: thou hast holden <add>me</add> by my right hand.
24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me <add>to</add> glory.
25Whom have I in heaven <add>but thee?</add> and <add>there is</add> none upon earth <add>that</add> I desire beside thee.
26My flesh and my heart faileth: <add>but</add> God <add>is</add> 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 <add>it is</add> good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.