Psalm 73
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QUAM BONUS ISRAEL.
1 Truly God is loving unto Israel, * even unto such as are of a | clean | heart. ||
2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone; * my | 3 treadings had | well-nigh | slipt. ||
3 And why? * I was | grieved • at the | wicked ||
I do also see the un- | 3 godly in | such pros- | peri•ty. ||
4 For they are in no peril of death, but are | 3 lusty and | strong. ||
5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; * | neither • are they | plagued like | other • men. ||
6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride; and over- | whelmed with | cruel•ty. ||
7 Their eyes swell with fatness; * and they 3 do | even | what they | lust. ||
8 They corrupt other, and speak of | wicked | blasphe•my ||
their | talking • is a- | gainst the • most | High. ||
9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, * and their tongue | goeth • through the | world. ||
10 Therefore fall the people unto them, * and thereout 3 suck | they no | small ad- | vantage. ||
11 Tush, say they, * | how should • God per- | ceive it? ||
is there | knowledge | in the • most | High? ||
12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these | prosper • in the | world, ||
and | these have | riches • in pos- | session ||
and I said, Then have I cleansed my | heart in | vain, ||
and | washed mine | hands in | inno•cency. ||
13 All the day | long have • I been | punished ||
and | chastened | ever•y | morning. ||
14 Yea, and I had almost said | 3 even as | they ||
but lo, then I should have con- | demned the • gener- | ation • of thy | children. ||
15 Then thought I to understand this; * | but it • was too | hard • for me, ||
16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, * then under- | 3 stood I the | end of • these | men; ||
17 Namely, how thou dost set them in | 3 slippery | places ||
and | 3 castest them | down, • and de- | stroyest • them. ||
18 O how suddenly 3 do | they con- | sume ||
perish, and | come • to a | fearful | end! ||
19 Yea, even like as a | dream when • one a- | waketh ||
so shalt thou make their image to | vanish | 3 out of the | city. ||
20 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went | even • through my | reins. ||
21 So foolish was I, and ignorant, even | as it • were a | beast be- | fore thee. ||
22 Nevertheless, I am | alway | by thee ||
for thou hast | holden • me | 3 by my right | hand. ||
23 Thou shalt | guide me • with thy | counsel ||
and after | that re- | 3 ceive me with | glory. ||
24 Whom have I in | heaven • but | thee? ||
and there is none upon | earth that • I de- | sire • in com- | parison • of thee. ||
25 My flesh and my | heart | faileth ||
but God is the strength of my | heart, • and my | 3 portion for | ever. ||
26 For lo, they that for- | 3 sake thee shall | perish ||
thou hast destroyed all them that com- | mit • forni- | 3 cation a- | gainst thee. ||
27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, * to put my | trust in the • Lord | God ||
and to speak of all thy works in the | gates • of the | 3 daughter of | Sion. ||
Glory | be • to the | Father, ||
and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||
As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||
is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||
