73 Truly God is good to Israel,
even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost
gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death:
but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men;
neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about
as a chain; violence covereth them as a
garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness:
they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly
concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the
heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither:
and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know?
and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who
prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,
and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued,
and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold,
I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this,
it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places:
thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation,
as in a moment! they are utterly consumed
with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord,
when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was
pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant:
I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee?
and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth:
but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee
shall perish: thou hast destroyed all
them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to
God: I have put my trust in the Lord
God, that I may declare all thy works.
King James Version (KJV)
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Friday, April 21, 2017
PSALM 73 - GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART
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