Verse 2
Psalms 73:2
World Messianic Bible
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone.
My steps had nearly slipped.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲנִ֗י כִּ֭/מְעַט נטוי נָטָ֣יוּ רַגְלָ֑/י כְּ֝/אַ֗יִן שפכה שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ אֲשֻׁרָֽ/י
English Translation
And I, a little stretched out, my feet like no one, poured out my distress.
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Chapter 73 Context
1
Surely God (Elohim) is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
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2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone.
My steps had nearly slipped.
3
For I was envious of the arrogant,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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4
For there are no struggles in their death,
but their strength is firm.
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5
They are free from burdens of men,
neither are they plagued like other men.
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6
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.
Violence covers them like a garment.
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7
Their eyes bulge with fat.
Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
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8
They scoff and speak with malice.
In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
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9
They have set their mouth in the heavens.
Their tongue walks through the earth.
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10
Therefore their people return to them,
and they drink up waters of abundance.
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11
They say, “How does God (Elohim) know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
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12
Behold, these are the wicked.
Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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13
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,
and washed my hands in innocence,
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14
For all day long I have been plagued,
and punished every morning.
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15
If I had said, “I will speak thus”;
behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
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16
When I tried to understand this,
it was too painful for me;
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17
Until I entered God (Elohim)’s sanctuary,
and considered their latter end.
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18
Surely you set them in slippery places.
You throw them down to destruction.
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19
How they are suddenly destroyed!
They are completely swept away with terrors.
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20
As a dream when one wakes up,
so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
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21
For my soul was grieved.
I was embittered in my heart.
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22
I was so senseless and ignorant.
I was a brute beast before you.
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23
Nevertheless, I am continually with you.
You have held my right hand.
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24
You will guide me with your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
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25
Whom do I have in heaven?
There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
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26
My flesh and my heart fails,
but God (Elohim) is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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27
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithfu...
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28
But it is good for me to come close to God (Elohim).
I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge,
that I m...
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