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  73:1 ¶
[[A Psalm for Asaph.]] How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart! |
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73:1 ¶
[[A Psalm°
of Asaph.]]°
Truly°
Elohim°
[is] good°
to Israel,°
[even] to such as are of a clean°
heart.° |
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73:2
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped. |
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73:2
But as for me,°
my feet°
were almost°
gone;°°°°
my steps°
had well nigh°
slipped.°° |
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73:3
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners. |
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73:3
For°
I was envious°°
at the foolish,°°
[when] I saw°°
the prosperity°
of the wicked.° |
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73:4
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction. |
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73:4
For°
[there are] no°
bands°
in their death:°
but their strength°
[is] firm.° |
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73:5
They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men. |
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73:5
They [are] not°
in trouble°
[as other] men;°
neither°
are they plagued°°
like°
[other] men.° |
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73:6
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. |
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73:6
Therefore°
pride°
compasseth them about as a chain;°°
violence°
covereth°°
them [as] a garment.° |
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73:7
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention. |
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73:7
Their eyes°
stand out°°
with fatness:°°
they have more°°
than heart°
could wish.° |
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73:8
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily. |
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73:8
They are corrupt,°°
and speak°°
wickedly°
[concerning] oppression:°
they speak°°
loftily.°° |
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73:9
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth. |
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73:9
They set°°
their mouth°
against the heavens,°
and their tongue°
walketh°°
through the earth.° |
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73:10
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them. |
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73:10
Therefore°
his people°
return°°°°
hither:°
and waters°
of a full°
[cup] are wrung out°°
to them. |
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73:11
And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? |
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73:11
And they say,°°
How°
doth El°
know?°°
and is there°
knowledge°
in Elyon?° |
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73:12
Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth. |
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73:12
Behold,°
these°
[are] the ungodly,°
who prosper°
in the world;°
they increase°°
[in] riches.° |
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73:13
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency. |
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73:13
Verily°
I have cleansed°°
my heart°
[in] vain,°
and washed°°
my hands°
in innocency.° |
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73:14
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning. |
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73:14
For all°
the day°
long have I been°
plagued,°°
and chastened°
every morning.° |
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73:15
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of thy children. |
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73:15
If°
I say,°°
I will speak°°
thus;°
behold,°
I should offend°°
[against] the generation°
of thy children.° |
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73:16
And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me, |
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73:16
When I thought°°
to know°°
this,°
it°
[was] too painful°
for°
me;° |
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73:17
until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end. |
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73:17
Until°
I went°°
into°
the sanctuary°
of El;°
[then] understood°°
I their end.° |
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73:18
Surely thou hast appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up. |
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73:18
Surely°
thou didst set°°
them in slippery places:°
thou castedst them down°°
into destruction.° |
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73:19
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity. |
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73:19
How°
are°
they [brought] into desolation,°
as in a moment!°
they are utterly°°
consumed°°°
with°
terrors.° |
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73:20
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image. |
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73:20
As a dream°
when [one] awaketh;°°°
[so], O Yahweh,°
when thou awakest,°
thou shalt despise°°
their image.° |
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73:21
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened. |
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73:21
Thus°
my heart°
was grieved,°°
and I was pricked°°
in my reins.° |
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73:22
But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee. |
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73:22
So foolish°
[was] I,°
and ignorant:°°°
I was°
[as] a beast°
before°
thee. |
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73:23
Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand. |
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73:23
Nevertheless I°
[am] continually°
with°
thee: thou hast holden°°
[me] by my right°
hand.° |
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73:24
Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory. |
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73:24
Thou shalt guide°°
me with thy counsel,°
and afterward°
receive°°
me [to] glory.° |
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73:25
For what have I in heaven [but thee]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee? |
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73:25
Whom°
have I in heaven°
[but thee]? and [there is] none°
upon earth°
[that] I desire°°
beside°
thee. |
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73:26
My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever. |
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73:26
My flesh°
and my heart°
faileth:°°
[but] Elohim°
[is] the strength°
of my heart,°
and my portion°
for ever.° |
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73:27
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee. |
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73:27
For,°
lo,°
they that are far°
from thee shall perish:°°
thou hast destroyed°°
all°
them that go a whoring°°
from°
thee. |
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73:28
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion{gr.Sion}. |
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73:28
But°
[it°
is] good°
for me to draw near°
to Elohim:°
I have put°°
my trust°
in Adonai°
Yahweh,°
that I may declare°°
all°
thy works.° |
