Psalms 73:1-13 ▼

1 Surely God 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 body is fat.

5 They are not in trouble as other men; Nor are they plagued like mankind.

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

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

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 to this place; And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

11 And 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;