Psalm 73:3-26
English Standard Version
4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not (D)stricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is (E)their necklace;
violence covers them as (F)a garment.
7 Their (G)eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8 They scoff and (H)speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find (I)no fault in them.[a]
11 And they say, (J)“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they (K)increase in riches.
13 All in vain have I (L)kept my heart clean
and (M)washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all the day long I have been (N)stricken
and (O)rebuked (P)every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed (Q)the generation of your children.
16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me (R)a wearisome task,
17 until I went into (S)the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their (T)end.
18 Truly you set them in (U)slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
19 How they are destroyed (V)in a moment,
swept away utterly by (W)terrors!
20 Like (X)a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when (Y)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
21 When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was (Z)brutish and ignorant;
I was like (AA)a beast toward you.
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you (AB)hold my right hand.
24 You (AC)guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will (AD)receive me to glory.
25 (AE)Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 (AF)My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is (AG)the strength[b] of my heart and my (AH)portion (AI)forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:10 Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them
- Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock
Psalm 73:3-26
New International Version
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free(C) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(D) is their necklace;(E)
they clothe themselves with violence.(F)
7 From their callous hearts(G) comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(H)
with arrogance(I) they threaten oppression.(J)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
13 Surely in vain(M) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.(N)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(O)
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(P) all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(Q) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.(R)
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(S)
you cast them down to ruin.(T)
19 How suddenly(U) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(V) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(W) when one awakes;(X)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(Y)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(Z) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(AA) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(AB)
24 You guide(AC) me with your counsel,(AD)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(AE)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(AF)
26 My flesh and my heart(AG) may fail,(AH)
but God is the strength(AI) of my heart
and my portion(AJ) forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
- Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
- Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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