### Noah Webster Bible

Psalms 72

## The Book of Psalms

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| # Chapter 73
| A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
| But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
| For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
| For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
| They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they afflicted like other men.
| Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
| Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
| They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
| They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
| Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
| And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
| Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
| Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
| For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
| If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
| When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
| Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
| Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
| How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
| As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
| Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
| So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
| Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast held me by my right hand.
| Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
| Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
| My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
| For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
| 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.

Psalms 74

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