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nsb@Psalms:73:1 @ God is truly good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

nsb@Psalms:73:2 @ But my feet had almost stumbled. They had almost slipped.

nsb@Psalms:73:3 @ I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.

nsb@Psalms:73:4 @ They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy.

nsb@Psalms:73:5 @ They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued with problems like mankind.

nsb@Psalms:73:6 @ That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.

nsb@Psalms:73:7 @ Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their hearts imagination run wild.

nsb@Psalms:73:8 @ They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.

nsb@Psalms:73:9 @ They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth.

nsb@Psalms:73:10 @ Therefore his people return here and here they drink waters of abundance.

nsb@Psalms:73:11 @ They ask: How does God know? And is there knowledge with the most High?

nsb@Psalms:73:12 @ Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth.

nsb@Psalms:73:13 @ I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

nsb@Psalms:73:14 @ I have been plagued all day long, and chastened every morning.

nsb@Psalms:73:15 @ If I say, I will speak thus; then, I would offend the generation of your children.

nsb@Psalms:73:16 @ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me.

nsb@Psalms:73:17 @ I understood their end when I went into the sanctuary of God.

nsb@Psalms:73:18 @ Surely you set them in slippery places. You threw them down into destruction.

nsb@Psalms:73:19 @ How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

nsb@Psalms:73:20 @ It is like waking up from a dream, O Jehovah. When you awake you will despise everything they represent.

nsb@Psalms:73:21 @ My heart was grieved and I was pierced within.

nsb@Psalms:73:22 @ I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.

nsb@Psalms:73:23 @ Nevertheless I am continually with you. You hold me by my right hand.

nsb@Psalms:73:24 @ You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward you give me honor.

nsb@Psalms:73:25 @ Who have I in heaven but you? I desire none on earth except you.

nsb@Psalms:73:26 @ My flesh and my heart fail: God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

nsb@Psalms:73:27 @ Those who are far from you will perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

nsb@Psalms:73:28 @ It is good for me to draw near to God. I have put my trust in Jehovah God, that I may declare all your works.

Psalms 73