73:1Only -- good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

73:2As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

73:3The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

73:4And their might is firm.

73:5In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

73:6Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

73:7Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

73:8They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

73:9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

73:10Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

73:11And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

73:12Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

73:13Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

73:14And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof is every morning.

73:15If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

73:16And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes,

73:17Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

73:18Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

73:19How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

73:20As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

73:21For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

73:22And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

73:23And I am continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.

73:24With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.

73:25Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

73:26Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.

73:27For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.

73:28And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

74:0An Instruction of Asaph.

74:1Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

74:2Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.

74:3Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.

74:4Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

74:5He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.

74:6And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

74:7They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

74:8They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.

74:9Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

74:10Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

74:11Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove it.

74:12And God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

74:13Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-monster, Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,

74:14Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

74:15Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

74:16Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.

74:17Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

74:18Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

74:19Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

74:20Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

74:21Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

74:22Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

74:23Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

75:0To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song.

75:1We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near is Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

75:2When I receive an appointment, I -- I do judge uprightly.

75:3Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.

75:4I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'

75:5Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

75:6For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- is elevation.

75:7But God is judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.

75:8For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

75:9And I -- I declare it to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

75:10And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!