Ps.73.15

If I'd have given in and talked like this, I would have betrayed your dear children.

Ps.73.15

If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.

Ps.73.15

If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.

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If I had really spoken this way, I would have been a traitor to your people.

Ps.73.16

Still, when I tried to figure it out, all I got was a splitting headache...

Ps.73.16

When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me

Ps.73.16

When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me--

Ps.73.16

So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!

Ps.73.17

Until I entered the sanctuary of God. Then I saw the whole picture:

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till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

Ps.73.17

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

Ps.73.17

Then one day I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I thought about the destiny of the wicked.

Ps.73.18

The slippery road you've put them on, with a final crash in a ditch of delusions.

Ps.73.18

Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

Ps.73.18

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

Ps.73.18

Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.

Ps.73.19

In the blink of an eye, disaster! A blind curve in the dark, and--nightmare!

Ps.73.19

How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

Ps.73.19

Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Ps.73.19

In an instant they are destroyed, swept away by terrors.

Ps.73.20

We wake up and rub our eyes.... Nothing. There's nothing to them. And there never was.

Ps.73.20

As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

Ps.73.20

As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.

Ps.73.20

Their present life is only a dream that is gone when they awake. When you arise, O Lord, you will make them vanish from this life.

Ps.73.21

When I was beleaguered and bitter, totally consumed by envy,

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When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

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Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind.

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Then I realized how bitter I had become, how pained I had been by all I had seen.

Ps.73.22

I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox in your very presence.

Ps.73.22

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

Ps.73.22

I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

Ps.73.22

I was so foolish and ignorant--I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

Ps.73.23

I'm still in your presence, but you've taken my hand.

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Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

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Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.

Ps.73.23

Yet I still belong to you; you are holding my right hand.

Ps.73.24

You wisely and tenderly lead me, and then you bless me.

Ps.73.24

You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

Ps.73.24

You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

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You will keep on guiding me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.

Ps.73.25

You're all I want in heaven! You're all I want on earth!

Ps.73.25

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Ps.73.25

Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

Ps.73.25

Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.

Ps.73.26

When my skin sags and my bones get brittle, GOD is rock-firm and faithful.

Ps.73.26

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Ps.73.26

My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Ps.73.26

My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

Ps.73.27

Look! Those who left you are falling apart! Deserters, they'll never be heard from again.

Ps.73.27

Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

Ps.73.27

For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.

Ps.73.27

But those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.

Ps.73.28

But I'm in the very presence of God--oh, how refreshing it is! I've made Lord GOD my home. God, I'm telling the world what you do! An Asaph psalm

Ps.73.28

But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

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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 Your works.

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But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.