{"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/web/psalms/73","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:37:02.743Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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, to those who are pure in heart."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They say, |How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If I had said, |I will speak thus;| behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. A contemplation by Asaph."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 73 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 73](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/73)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/73 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}