Psalms:73-74
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A Psalm of Asaph .
Truly God is good to Israel Yisra #
el #,
even to such as are of a clean heart .
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But as for me ,
my feet were almost gone (
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my steps had well nigh slipped .
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For I was envious at the foolish ,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked .
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For there are no bands in their death :
but their strength is firm .
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They are not in trouble as other men ;
neither are they plagued like other men .
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ;
violence covereth them as a garment .
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Their eyes stand out with fatness :
they have more than heart could wish .
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They are corrupt ,
and speak wickedly concerning oppression :
they speak loftily .
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They set their mouth against the heavens ,
and their tongue walketh through the earth .
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Therefore his people return (
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hither :
and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them .
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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 ungodly ,
who prosper in the world ;
they increase in riches .
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Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain ,
and washed my hands in innocency .
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For all the day long have I been plagued ,
and chastened every morning .
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If I say ,
I will speak thus ;
behold ,
I should offend against the generation of thy children .
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When I thought to know this ,
it was too painful for me ;
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God ;
then understood I their end .
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Surely thou didst set them in slippery places :
thou castedst them down into destruction masshuw #
ah #.
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How are they brought into desolation ,
as in a moment !
they are utterly consumed with terrors .
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As a dream when one awaketh ;
so ,
O Lord ,
when thou awakest ,
thou shalt despise their image .
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Thus my heart was grieved ,
and I was pricked in my reins .
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So foolish was I ,
and ignorant :
I was as a beast before thee .
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Nevertheless I am continually with thee :
thou hast holden me by my right hand .
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Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel ,
and afterward receive me to glory .
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Whom have I in heaven but thee ?
and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee .
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My flesh and my heart faileth :
but God is the strength of my heart ,
and my portion for ever .
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For ,
lo ,
they that are far from thee shall perish :
thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee .
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But 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 m @
la #
kah #.
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Maschil of Asaph .
O God ,
why hast thou cast us off for ever ?
why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture mir #
iyth #?
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Remember thy congregation ,
which thou hast purchased of old ;
the rod of thine inheritance ,
which thou hast redeemed ;
this mount Zion ,
wherein thou hast dwelt .
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations masshuw #
ah #;
even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary .
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Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations mow #
ed #;
they set up their ensigns for signs .
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A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees .
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But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers .
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They have cast fire into thy sanctuary ,
they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground .
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They said in their hearts ,
Let us destroy them together :
they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land .
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We see not our signs :
there is no more any prophet :
neither is there among us any that knoweth how long .
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O God ,
how long shall the adversary reproach ?
shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever ?
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand ,
even thy right hand ?
pluck it out of thy bosom .
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For God is my King of old ,
working salvation in the midst of the earth .
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength :
thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters .
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Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces ,
and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness .
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Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood :
thou driedst up mighty rivers .
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The day is thine ,
the night also is thine :
thou hast prepared the light and the sun .
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth :
thou hast made summer and winter .
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Remember this ,
that the enemy hath reproached ,
O LORD ,
and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name .
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O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked :
forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever .
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Have respect unto the covenant :
for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty .
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O let not the oppressed return ashamed :
let the poor and needy praise thy name .
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Arise ,
O God ,
plead thine own cause :
remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily .
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Forget not the voice of thine enemies :
the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually .
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To the chief Musician ,
Altaschith #
Al ,
A Psalm or Song of Asaph .
Unto thee ,
O God ,
do we give thanks ,
unto thee do we give thanks :
for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare .