Psalms 73

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.	1 [Psalm Of Asaph] Indeed God is good to Israel, the Lord to those who are pure of heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.	2 My feet were on the point of stumbling, a little more and I had slipped,
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.	3 envying the arrogant as I did, and seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.	4 For them no such thing as pain, untroubled, their comfortable portliness;
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.	5 exempt from the cares which are the human lot, they have no part in Adam's afflictions.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.	6 So pride is a necklace to them, violence the garment they wear.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.	7 From their fat oozes out malice, their hearts drip with cunning.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.	8 Cynical y they advocate evil, loftily they advocate force.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.	9 Their mouth claims heaven for themselves, and their tongue is never stil on earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.	10 That is why my people turn to them, and enjoy the waters of plenty,
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?	11 saying, 'How can God know? What knowledge can the Most High have?'
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.	12 That is what the wicked are like, piling up wealth without any worries.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.	13 Was it useless, then, to have kept my own heart clean, to have washed my hands in innocence?
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.	14 When I was under a hail of blows al day long, and punished every morning,
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.	15 had I said, 'I shal talk like them,' I should have betrayed your children's race.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;	16 So I set myself to understand this: how difficult I found it!
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.	17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of the gods and understood what was destined to become of them.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.	18 You place them on a slippery slope and drive them down into chaos.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.	19 How sudden their hideous destruction! They are swept away, annihilated by terror!
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.	20 Like a dream upon waking, Lord, when you awake, you dismiss their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.	21 My heart grew embittered, my affections dried up,
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.	22 I was stupid and uncomprehending, a clumsy animal in your presence.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.	23 Even so, I stayed in your presence, you grasped me by the right hand;
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.	24 you will guide me with advice, and wil draw me in the wake of your glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.	25 Who else is there for me in heaven? And, with you, I lack nothing on earth.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.	26 My heart and my flesh are pining away: my heart's rock, my portion, God for ever!
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.	27 Truly, those who abandon you will perish; you destroy those who adulterously desert you,
28 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.	28 whereas my happiness is to be near God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, to tel of al yourworks.