Psalms 73:1-7 ▼

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;