440Or, Only good is God to Israel,
73: 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
73: 3 For I was envious at the 441arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
441Or, fools
73: 4 For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
73: 5 They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.
73: 6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
73: 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: 442They have more than heart could wish.
442Or, The imaginations of their heart overflow.
73: 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak 443loftily.
443Or, from on high.
73: 9 They have set their mouth 444in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
444Or, against the heavens,
73: 10 Therefore 445his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
445Hbmg reads he will bring back his people:
73: 11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
73: 12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being always at ease, they increase in riches.
73: 13 Surly in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
73: 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And 446chastened every morning.
446Hb. my chastisement was every morning.
73: 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
73: 16 When I thought how I might know this, It seemed 447too painful for me;
447Hb. labor in mine eyes.
73: 17 Until I went into the 448sanctuaries of God, And considered their latter end.
448Or perhaps, Holies
73: 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to 449destruction.
449Hb. ruins.
73: 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
73: 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, 450O Jehovah, 451when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
450Sopherim changed to O Lord,
451Or, in the city,
73: 21 For my soul 452was grieved, And I was pricked in my kidneys:
452Hb. was in a ferment,
73: 22 So brutish 453was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast 454before thee.
453Or, am I,
454Hb. with thee.
73: 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
73: 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me 455to glory.
455Or, with glory.
73: 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire 456besides thee.
456Or, with thee.
73: 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the 457strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
457Hb. rock
73: 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.
73: 28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
