{"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/dbt/psalms/73","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:17:05.520Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":73,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":72,"nextChapter":74,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure 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, seeing the prosperity of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; then understood I their end."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 73 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 73](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/73)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/73 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}