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Psalms 73

New International Version NIV

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.

13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.

14 All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.

15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.

16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply

17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

20 They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute 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 have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

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

27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

New International Reader's Version NIRV

1 God is truly good to Israel. He is good to those who have pure hearts.

2 But my feet had almost slipped. I had almost tripped and fallen.

3 I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.

4 They don't have any troubles. Their bodies are healthy and strong.

5 They don't have the problems others have. They don't suffer as other people do.

6 Their pride is like a necklace. They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.

7 Many sins come out of their hard and stubborn hearts. There is no limit to their proud and evil thoughts.

8 They laugh at others and speak words of hatred. They are proud. They warn others about the harm they can do to them.

9 They brag as if they owned heaven itself. They talk as if they controlled the earth.

10 So people listen to them. They lap up their words like water.

11 They say, "How can God know what we're doing? Does the Most High God really know that much?"

12 Here is what sinful people are like. They don't have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.

13 It seems as if I have kept my heart pure without any reason. It didn't do me any good to wash my hands to show that I wasn't guilty of doing anything wrong.

14 Day after day I've been in pain. God has punished me every morning.

15 What if I had said, "I will speak as evil people do"? Then I wouldn't have been faithful to God's children.

16 I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.

17 It troubled me until I entered God's temple. Then I understood what will happen to bad people in the end.

18 God, I'm sure you will make them slip and fall. You will throw them down and destroy them.

19 It will happen very suddenly. A terrible death will take them away completely.

20 A dream goes away when a person wakes up. Lord, it will be like that when you rise up. It will be as if those people were only a dream.

21 At one time my heart was sad and my spirit was bitter.

22 I didn't have any sense. I didn't know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

23 But I am always with you. You hold me by my right hand.

24 You give me wise advice to guide me. And when I die, you will take me away into the glory of heaven.

25 I don't have anyone in heaven but you. I don't want anything on earth besides you.

26 My body and my heart may grow weak. God, you give strength to my heart. You are everything I will ever need.

27 Those who don't want anything to do with you will die. You destroy all those who aren't faithful to you.

28 But I am close to you. And that's good. LORD and King, I have made you my place of safety. I will talk about everything you have done.