Psalm 73:1-28 ASV

[1] Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart. [2] But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. [3] For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. [4] For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. [5] They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men. [6] Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. [7] Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. [8] They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. [9] They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. [10] Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them. [11] And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? [12] Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. [13] Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; [14] For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. [15] If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. [16] When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; [17] Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. [18] Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. [19] How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. [20] As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. [21] For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: [22] So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee. [23] Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand. [24] Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. [25] Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. [26] My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. [27] For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee. [28] 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.