Verse 27
Psalms 73:27
English Revised Version
27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣י/ךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל זוֹנֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽ/ךָּ
English Translation
For behold, your lovers will abandon you; you have made all those who commit adultery with you perish.
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Chapter 73 Context
1
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God (Elohim) is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
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Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
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Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: they speak loftily.
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9
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out by them.
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11
And they say, How doth God (Elohim) know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
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12
Behold, these are the wicked; and, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
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13
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
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14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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15
If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy child...
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16
When I thought how I might know this, it was too painful for me;
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17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God (Elohim), and considered their latter end.
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18
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: thou castest them down to destruction.
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How are they become a desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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20
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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21
For my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins:
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So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
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23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.
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24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
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26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God (Elohim) is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
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27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring fr...
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But it is good for me to draw near unto God (Elohim): I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may...
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