Psalms 73

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone.

³For I was envious of the arrogant,

⁴For there are no struggles in their death,

⁵They are free from burdens of men,

⁶Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat.

⁸They scoff and speak with malice.

⁹They have set their mouth in the heavens.

¹⁰Therefore their people return to them,

¹¹They say, “How does God know?

¹²Behold, these are the wicked.

¹³Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,

¹⁴For all day long I have been plagued,

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak thus”,

¹⁶When I tried to understand this,

¹⁷until I entered God’s sanctuary,

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places.

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed!

²⁰As a dream when one wakes up,

²¹For my soul was grieved.

²²I was so senseless and ignorant.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you.

²⁴You will guide me with your counsel,

²⁵Whom do I have in heaven?

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails,

²⁷For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.

²⁸But it is good for me to come close to God.