{"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/asv/psalms/73","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:25:45.000Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":73,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":72,"nextChapter":74,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For there are no pangs 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 is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 73 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 73](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/73)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/73 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}