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The American Standard Version of 1901

Psalms 73

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A Psalm of Asaph. 1 Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart. 1) Or Only good is God

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

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For I was envious at the 1 arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 1) Or fools

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For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

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They are not 1 in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men. 1) Heb in the trouble of men

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Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

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Their eyes stand out with fatness: 1 They have more than heart could wish. 1) Or The imaginations of their heart overflow.

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They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak 1 loftily. 1) Or from on high

9

They have set their mouth 1 in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. 1) Or against

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Therefore 1 his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them. 1) Another reading is he will bring back his people

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And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

13

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

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For all the day long have I been plagued, And 1 chastened every morning. 1) Heb my chastisement was

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If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

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When I thought how I might know this, It was 1 too painful for me; 1) Heb labor in mine eyes

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Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

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Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to 1 destruction. 1) Heb ruins

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How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

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As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, 1 when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. 1) Or in the city

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For my soul 1 was grieved, And I was pricked in my 2 heart: 1) Heb was in a ferment 2) Heb reins

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So brutish 1 was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast 2 before thee. 1) Or am 2) Heb with thee

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Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

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Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me 1 to glory. 1) Or with

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Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire 1 besides thee. 1) Or with thee

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My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the 1 strength of my heart and my portion for ever. 1) Heb rock

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For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

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But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.



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