Psalms 73:1 ASV: 


Sure, here's the ASV translation of: 
Psalms 73:1: 
Surely God is good to Israel, `Even' to such as are pure in heart.

Psalms 73:2: 
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalms 73:3: 
For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 73:4: 
For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

Psalms 73:5: 
They are not in trouble as `other' men; Neither are they plagued like `other' men.

Psalms 73:6: 
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalms 73:7: 
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

Psalms 73:8: 
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

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

Psalms 73:10: 
Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full `cup' are drained by them.

Psalms 73:11: 
And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Psalms 73:12: 
Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

Psalms 73:13: 
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

Psalms 73:14: 
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

Psalms 73:15: 
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

Psalms 73:16: 
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

Psalms 73:17: 
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

Psalms 73:18: 
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

Psalms 73:19: 
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalms 73:20: 
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

Psalms 73:21: 
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

Psalms 73:22: 
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was `as' a beast before thee.

Psalms 73:23: 
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

Psalms 73:24: 
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

Psalms 73:25: 
Whom have I in heaven `but thee'? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

Psalms 73:26: 
My flesh and my heart faileth; `But' God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Psalms 73:27: 
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, `departing' from thee.

Psalms 73:28: 
But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works. Psalm 74 Maschil of Asaph.