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UST PSA Chapter 73

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Book Three

73 A psalm written by Asaph

73 God truly is good to us Israelite people,

to those who want to do what pleases God.

2 As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God;

I was almost guilty of committing a great sin against him,

3 because I envied those who proudly acted as if they did not need God,

when I realized that they prospered even though they were wicked.

4 Those people do not suffer;

they always have plenty of food to eat.

5 They do not experience the difficult things that other people do;

they do not experience catastrophes and sicknesses like other people.

6 So they are proud and violent.

Their being prideful is like a necklace that they show off to others, and they openly display their violent actions like people openly display the clothes they wear.

7 Their eyes protrude because their faces are fat,

and they are always thinking about more evil things to do.

8 They scoff at other people, and wickedly talk about doing unjust things to them;

they speak pridefully.

9 They exalt themselves and talk as if they are God in heaven,

and they go about the earth talking boastfully.

10 The result is that people pay attention to them

and listen to everything they say.

11 Wicked people say to themselves, “God certainly does not care what we do;

the Most High certainly will not judge us for what we do!”

12 Look at how these wicked people live;

their lives are so easy that they never have to worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.

13 When I saw this I thought that certainly it is useless that I have thought about things that are pleasing to you,

and have not sinned.

14 Every day I suffer,

and every morning you punish me.

15 If I had said these things out loud in front of others,

Surely, I would have been sinning against your people.

16 When I tried to think about all this,

it was very difficult for me to understand it.

17 But when I went to the temple where people worship God,

then I understood what will happen to wicked people in the future.

18 I know that you make their future insecure,

you will cause them to be ruined.

19 God will suddenly destroy these wicked people;

they will die in terrible ways.

20 Lord, when you act, you will cause the wicked to quickly vanish;

they will vanish like a dream which disappears as soon as a person awakes from their sleep.

21 When I was grieved in my inner being,

and felt emotionally hurt,

22 I was stupid and ignorant;

I behaved like an animal toward you.

23 Nevertheless I am always with you;

you constantly stay close to me.

24 You lead me by instructing me,

and when I die, you will take me into your glorious presence.

25 You are the only one I have in heaven!

There is nothing on this earth that I desire more than you.

26 My body and my spirit may become very weak,

but God enables me to feel encouraged;

He is all I need.

27 People who abandon you will perish;

you will ruin every person who is not loyal to you.

28 But for me, the only thing I need is to be close to God.

I trust in the Lord Yahweh to keep me safe,

so that I may tell others everything you have done for me.