Psalm 73
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
1 Truly God is loving unto Israel: * even unto such as are of a | clean | heart. ||
2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, * my | 3 treadings had | well-nigh | slipt. ||
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3 And why? * I was | grieved • at the | wicked: ||
I do also see the un- | 3 godly in | such pros- | peri•ty. ||
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
4 For they are in no peril of death; but are | 3 lusty and | strong. ||
5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; * | neither • are they | plagued like | other • men. ||
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride, and cruelty co- | vereth • them as a | garment. ||
7 Their eyes swell with fatness, * and they 3 do | even | what they | lust. ||
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
8 They corrupt other, and speak of | wicked | blasphe•my; ||
their | talking • is a- | gainst the • Most | High. ||
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, * and their tongue | goeth • through the | world. ||
10 Therefore fall the people unto them, * and thereout 3 suck | they no | small ad- | vantage. ||
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
11 Tush, say they, * | how should • God per- | ceive it? ||
is there | knowledge | in the • Most | High? ||
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these | prosper • in the | world, ||
and | these have | riches • in pos- | session: ||
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
13 And I said, Then have I cleansed my | heart in | vain, ||
and | washed my | hands in | inno•cency. ||
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
14 All the day | long have • I been | punished, ||
and | chastened | ever•y | morning. ||
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
15 Yea, and I had almost said | 3 even as | they; ||
but lo, then I should have con- | demned the • gener- | ation • of thy | children. ||
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
16 Then thought I to understand this; * | but it • was too | hard • for me, ||
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God: * then under- | 3 stood I the | end of • these | men; ||
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
18 Namely, how thou dost set them in | 3 slippery | places, ||
and | 3 castest them | down, • and de- | stroyest • them. ||
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
19 O how suddenly 3 do | they con- | sume, ||
perish, and | come • to a | fearful | end! ||
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
20 Yea, even like as a | dream when • one a- | waketh; ||
so shalt thou make their image to | vanish | 3 out of the | city. ||
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went | even • through my | reins. ||
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant, even | as it • were a | beast be- | fore thee. ||
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
23 Nevertheless, I am | alway | by thee; ||
for thou hast | holden • me | 3 by my right | hand. ||
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
24 Thou shalt | guide me • with thy | counsel, ||
and after | that re- | 3 ceive me with | glory. ||
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
25 Whom have I in | heaven • but | thee? ||
and there is none upon | earth that • I de- | sire • in com- | parison • of thee. ||
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
26 My flesh and my | heart | faileth; ||
but God is the strength of my | heart, • and my | 3 portion 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 For lo, they that for- | 3 sake thee shall | perish; ||
thou hast destroyed all | them that • are un- | faithful | unto • thee. ||
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 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, * to put my | trust in the • Lord | God, ||
and to speak of all thy works in the | gates • of the | 3 daughter of | Sion. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).