web - Psalms:73-77

web@Psalms:73:1 @ A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God {The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "Elohim."} is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

web@Psalms:73:2 @ But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

web@Psalms:73:3 @ For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

web@Psalms:73:4 @ For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

web@Psalms:73:5 @ They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

web@Psalms:73:6 @ Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

web@Psalms:73:7 @ Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

web@Psalms:73:8 @ They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

web@Psalms:73:9 @ They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

web@Psalms:73:10 @ Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

web@Psalms:73:11 @ They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

web@Psalms:73:12 @ Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

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

web@Psalms:73:14 @ For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

web@Psalms:73:15 @ If I had said, "I will speak thus"; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

web@Psalms:73:16 @ When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

web@Psalms:73:17 @ Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

web@Psalms:73:18 @ Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

web@Psalms:73:19 @ How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

web@Psalms:73:20 @ As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, {The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."} when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

web@Psalms:73:21 @ For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

web@Psalms:73:22 @ I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

web@Psalms:73:23 @ Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

web@Psalms:73:24 @ You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

web@Psalms:73:25 @ Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

web@Psalms:73:26 @ My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

web@Psalms:73:27 @ For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

web@Psalms:73:28 @ But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh {"Yahweh" is God's proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations.} my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

web@Psalms:74:1 @ A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

web@Psalms:74:2 @ Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

web@Psalms:74:3 @ Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

web@Psalms:74:4 @ Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.

web@Psalms:74:5 @ They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

web@Psalms:74:6 @ Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.

web@Psalms:74:7 @ They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.

web@Psalms:74:8 @ They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

web@Psalms:74:9 @ We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

web@Psalms:74:10 @ How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

web@Psalms:74:11 @ Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!

web@Psalms:74:12 @ Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

web@Psalms:74:13 @ You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

web@Psalms:74:14 @ You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

web@Psalms:74:15 @ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

web@Psalms:74:16 @ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

web@Psalms:74:17 @ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

web@Psalms:74:18 @ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

web@Psalms:74:19 @ Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.

web@Psalms:74:20 @ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

web@Psalms:74:21 @ Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

web@Psalms:74:22 @ Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

web@Psalms:74:23 @ Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

web@Psalms:75:1 @ For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

web@Psalms:75:2 @ When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

web@Psalms:75:3 @ The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.

web@Psalms:75:4 @ I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast!" I said to the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn.

web@Psalms:75:5 @ Don't lift up your horn on high. Don't speak with a stiff neck."

web@Psalms:75:6 @ For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

web@Psalms:75:7 @ But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

web@Psalms:75:8 @ For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

web@Psalms:75:9 @ But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

web@Psalms:75:10 @ I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

web@Psalms:76:1 @ For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.

web@Psalms:76:2 @ His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.

web@Psalms:76:3 @ There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

web@Psalms:76:4 @ Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game.

web@Psalms:76:5 @ Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.

web@Psalms:76:6 @ At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.

web@Psalms:76:7 @ You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?

web@Psalms:76:8 @ You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,

web@Psalms:76:9 @ when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.

web@Psalms:76:10 @ Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

web@Psalms:76:11 @ Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

web@Psalms:76:12 @ He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth.

web@Psalms:77:1 @ For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.

web@Psalms:77:2 @ In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

web@Psalms:77:3 @ I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

web@Psalms:77:4 @ You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

web@Psalms:77:5 @ I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

web@Psalms:77:6 @ I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

web@Psalms:77:7 @ "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?

web@Psalms:77:8 @ Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?

web@Psalms:77:9 @ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah.

web@Psalms:77:10 @ Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High."

web@Psalms:77:11 @ I will remember Yah's deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.

web@Psalms:77:12 @ I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.

web@Psalms:77:13 @ Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?

web@Psalms:77:14 @ You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.

web@Psalms:77:15 @ You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

web@Psalms:77:16 @ The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.

web@Psalms:77:17 @ The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

web@Psalms:77:18 @ The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.

web@Psalms:77:19 @ Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

web@Psalms:77:20 @ You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

web@Psalms:78:1 @ A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.