Salmos 73

Of Asaph

¹ God is truly good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

² But my feet had almost stumbled. They had almost slipped.

³ I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.

⁴ They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy.

⁵ They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued with problems like mankind.

⁶ That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.

⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their heart’s imagination run wild.

⁸ They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.

⁹ They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth.

¹⁰ Therefore his people return here and here they drink waters of abundance.

¹¹ They ask: How does God know? And is there knowledge with the most High?

¹² Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth.

¹³ I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

¹⁴ I have been plagued all day long, and chastened every morning.

¹⁵ If I say, I will speak thus; then, I would offend the generation of your children.

¹⁶ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me.

¹⁷ I understood their end when I went into the sanctuary of God.

¹⁸ Surely you set them in slippery places. You threw them down into destruction.

¹⁹ How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰ It is like waking up from a dream, O Jehovah. When you awake you will despise everything they represent.

²¹ My heart was grieved and I was pierced within.

²² I was so foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before you.

²³ Nevertheless I am continually with you. You hold me by my right hand.

²⁴ You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward you give me honor glory.

²⁵ Who have I in heaven but you? I desire none on earth except you.

²⁶ My flesh and my heart fail: God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

²⁷ Those who are far from you will perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

²⁸ It is good for me to draw near to God. I have put my trust in Jehovah God, that I may declare all your works.