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Psalms 73:1-11

1 God is truly good to Israel, to those whose lives are pure.

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

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

2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.

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

3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy.

4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.

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

5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.

6 That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing.

6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

7 Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild.

7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; their evil imaginations have no limits.

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

8 They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

9 They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.

9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

10 That is why God's people turn to wickedness and swallow their words.

10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

11 Then wicked people ask, "What does God know?" "Does the Most High know anything?"

11 They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”