Psalm 73
The End Of The Wicked Contrasted With That Of The Righteous.
A Psalm of Asaph.
To those who are pure in heart.
My steps had almost slipped.
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Their body is fat and pampered.
Nor are they plagued like mankind.
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].
The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].
They speak loftily [with malice].
And their tongue swaggers through the earth.
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
And washed my hands in innocence.
And punished every morning.
I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
It was too great an effort for me and too painful
Then I understood [for I considered] their end.
You cast them down to destruction.
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],
I was like a beast before You.
You have taken hold of my right hand.
And afterward receive me to honor and glory.
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.
I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.