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\c 73
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\p
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\d A psalm written by Asaph
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\q1
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\v 1 God truly is good to us Israelite people,
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\q2 to those who, with all their inner being, want to do all that he desires.
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\v 2 As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God;
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\q1 I was almost guilty of committing a great sin against him
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\q1
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\v 3 because I saw those who proudly said that they did not need God, and I wanted to be like them.
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\q2 I saw that they became wealthy even though they were wicked.
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\q1
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\v 4 Those people do not suffer from sickness;
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\q2 they are always strong and healthy.
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\q1
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\v 5 They do not have the troubles that other people have;
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\q2 they do not have problems as others do.
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\q1
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\v 6 So they are proud, as proud as a woman with a beautiful necklace.
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\q2 They are as proud of their violent actions as some people are proud of their beautiful robes.
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\v 7 From their inner beings pour out evil deeds,
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\q2 and in their inner beings they are always thinking about more evil things to do.
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\v 8 They scoff at other people, and they talk about doing evil things to them;
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\q1 they are proud while they plan to oppress others.
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\q1
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\v 9 They say evil things about God, who is in heaven,
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\q2 and they talk boastfully about things that they have done here on the earth.
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\v 10 The result is that people pay attention to them
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\q2 and listen to everything they say.
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\v 11 Wicked people say to themselves, "God will certainly not know what we have done;
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\q2 people say that he is greater than any other god, but he cannot find out."
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\v 12 That is what wicked people are like;
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\q2 they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.
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\v 13 So, God, I think it is useless that I have always done what you want me to
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\q2 and that I have not committed sins.
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\v 14 During each day I have problems,
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\q2 and every morning you punish me.
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\v 15 But if I had said these things out loud in front of others,
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\q2 I would have been sinning against your people.
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\v 16 When I tried to think completely about these things,
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\q2 it was too hard for me to understand them.
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\v 17 But when I went to your temple, you spoke to me,
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\q2 and I understood what will happen to the wicked people after they die.
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\v 18 Now I know that you will surely put them in dangerous places
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\q2 where they will fall down and die.
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\v 19 They will be destroyed instantly;
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\q2 they will die in terrible ways.
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\q
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\v 20 They will disappear as quickly as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning;
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\q2 Lord, when you arise, you will cause them to disappear.
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\v 21 When I felt sad in my inner being
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\q1 and my feelings were hurt,
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\v 22 I was stupid and ignorant,
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\q2 and I behaved like an animal toward you.
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\v 23 But I am always close to you,
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\q1 and you hold my hand.
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\v 24 You guide me by teaching me,
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\q2 and at the end of my life, you will receive me and honor me.
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\v 25 You are in heaven, and I belong to you;
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\q1 there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.
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\v 26 My body and my mind may become very weak,
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\q2 but, God, you continue to enable me to be strong;
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\q2 I belong to you forever.
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\v 27 Those who remain far from you will be destroyed;
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\q1 you will get rid of those who abandon you.
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\v 28 But as for me, it is wonderful to be near to God
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\q2 and to have Yahweh protect me
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\q2 and to proclaim to others all that he has done for me.
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