Psalms 73:1-13 ▼

1 A Psalm of Asaph. God certainly is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!

2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.

3 For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no pains in their death, And their belly is fat.

5 They are not in trouble like other people, Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind.

6 Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.

7 Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart overflow.

8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.

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

10 Therefore his people return here, And abundant waters are drunk by them.

11 They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

12 Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;