{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/73","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:46:11.221Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":73,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":72,"nextChapter":74,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well near slipped."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"As a dream when one wakes; so, O Lord, when you wake, you shall despise their image."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none on earth that I desire beside you."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For, see, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 73 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 73](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/73)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/73 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}