Psalms 73:1-9 ▼

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

2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, My steps had almost slipped.

3 For I was envious of the boastful, I saw the peace 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, And they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind.

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

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

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

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