# Psalm 73

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/73

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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*A psalm of Asaph.*

1. 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 nearly slipped.
3. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4. For they have no pangs in their death; their bodies are well fed.
5. They are free from the troubles others bear; they are not struck down like other people.
6. So pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
7. Their eyes bulge out from fatness; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
8. They scoff and speak with malice; from on high they threaten oppression.
9. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
10. So his people turn back here and drink up waters in abundance.
11. They say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have any knowledge?”
12. Look, these are the wicked—always at ease, they increase their wealth.
13. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.
14. For I have been struck all day long and punished every morning.
15. If I had said, “I will speak this way,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16. When I tried to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
17. until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
18. Surely you set them on slippery ground; you make them fall into ruin.
19. How suddenly they are destroyed! They are swept away, utterly consumed by terrors.
20. Like a dream when one awakes, Lord, when you rouse yourself, you will despise their phantoms.
21. When my heart was embittered and I was pierced to the core,
22. I was stupid and did not understand; I was like a beast before you.
23. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
24. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
25. Whom do I have in heaven but you? And on earth there is nothing I desire besides you.
26. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
27. For look, those who are far from you will perish; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.
28. But as for me, it is good to be near God; I have made Lord Yahweh my refuge, so that I may tell of all your works.

## Nearby chapters

[Psalm 72](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/72.md)
[Psalm 74](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/74.md)

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