{"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/erv/psalms/73","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T07:09:53.721Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":73,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":72,"nextChapter":74,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. 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 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 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 wrung out 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 shalt despise their image."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins:"},{"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 shalt 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 beside 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 go a whoring from thee."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 73 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 73](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/73)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/73 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}