Psalms 73:1-13 ▼

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

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

3 For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no pangs at their death, And their body is sound.

5 In the trouble of man they are not; Neither are they plagued like men.

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

7 Their eyes stand forth from fatness; They are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; They speak as if there were none on high.

9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

10 Therefore His people return hither; And waters of fullness are drained out by them.

11 And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

12 Behold, such are the wicked; And they that are always at ease increase riches.

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