• Psalms 73:3

    For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Psalms 73:4

    For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.a

  • Psalms 73:5

    They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

  • Psalms 73:6

    Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

  • Psalms 73:7

    Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

  • Psalms 73:8

    They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

  • Psalms 73:9

    They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Psalms 73:10

    Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  • Psalms 73:11

    And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

  • Psalms 73:12

    Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  • Psalms 73:13

    Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  • Psalms 73:14

    For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastenedb every morning.

  • Psalms 73:15

    If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  • Psalms 73:16

    When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

  • Psalms 73:17

    Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

  • Psalms 73:18

    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

  • Psalms 73:19

    How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

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