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Psalm 73, a psalm of Asaph.

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Truly God is good to Israel, even to such
as are of a clean heart.

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But as for me, my feet were almost gone,
my steps had well nigh slipped.

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

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

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

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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a
chain, violence covereth them as a

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garment.

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Their eyes stand out with fatness.

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They have more than heart could wish.

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They are corrupt and speak wickedly
concerning oppression.

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They speak loftily.

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

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earth.

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Therefore his people return hither,
and waters of a full cup are wrung out to

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them.

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And they say, How doth God know?

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And is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper
in the world.

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They increase in riches.

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

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

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If I say, I will speak thus.

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Behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.

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

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Until I went into the sanctuary of God.

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Then understood I their end.

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Surely thou didst set them in slippery
places.

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Thou castest them down into destruction.

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How are they brought into desolation as in
a moment?

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They are utterly consumed with terrors.

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As a dream when one awaketh.

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So, O Lord, when thou awakest,
thou shalt despise their image.

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Thus my heart was grieved, and I was
pricked in my reins.

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So foolish was I and ignorant.

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I was as a beast before thee.

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Nevertheless, I am continually with thee.

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Thou hast holden me by my right hand.

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Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.

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Whom have I in heaven but thee?

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And there is none upon earth that I desire
beside thee.

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My flesh and my heart faileth.

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But God is the strength of my heart and my
portion forever.

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For lo, they that are far from thee shall
perish.

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Thou hast destroyed all them that go
a-whoring from thee.

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But it is good for me to draw near to God.

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I have put my trust in the Lord God,
that I may declare all thy works.

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This concludes Disc Number 31.