{"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/wbt/psalms/73","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:07:26.335Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","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, 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 nigh 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 afflicted like other men."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; 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 are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They set their mouth against 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 to 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 ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy 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 I understood their end."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst 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 awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt 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 thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast held me by 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 go astray from thee."},{"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 thy works."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 73 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 73](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/73)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/73 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}