Psalms 73:1-13 ▼

1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. Surely God [is] good to Israel, to the clean of heart. And I—as a little thing, || My feet have been turned aside,

2 As nothing, my steps have slipped, || For I have been envious of the boastful,

3 I see the peace of the wicked, || That there are no bands at their death,

4 And their might [is] firm.

5 They are not in the misery of mortals, || And they are not plagued with common men.

6 Therefore pride has encircled them, || Violence covers them as a dress.

7 Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

8 They do corruptly, || And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, || They speak from on high.

9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, || And their tongue walks in the earth.

10 Therefore His people return here, || And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.

11 And they have said, “How has God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”

12 Behold, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, || They have increased strength.

13 Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,