Psalms 73

Book III

But as for me, my feet were almost gone;

For I was envious at the arrogant,

For there are no pangs in their death;

They are not in trouble as other men;

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;

Their eyes stand out with fatness:

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:

They have set their mouth in the heavens,

Therefore his people return hither:

And they say, How doth God know?

Behold, these are the wicked;

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,

For all the day long have I been plagued,

If I had said, I will speak thus;

When I thought how I might know this,

Until I went into the sanctuary of God,

Surely thou settest them in slippery places:

How are they become a desolation in a moment!

As a dream when one awaketh,

For my soul was grieved,

So brutish was I, and ignorant;

Nevertheless I am continually with thee:

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel,

Whom have I in heaven but thee?

My flesh and my heart faileth;

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: