Psalm 73:1-16

International Standard Version

² Now as for me, my feet nearly stumbled,
    as I almost lost my step.
³ For I was envious of the proud
    when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
⁴ For there is no struggle at their deaths,
    and their bodies are healthy.
⁵ They do not experience problems common to ordinary people;
    they aren’t afflicted as others^[a] are.
⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace
    and violence covers them like a garment.

⁷ Their eyes bulge from obesity
    and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.^[b]
8 In their mockery they speak evil;
    from their arrogant position they speak oppression.
⁹ They choose to speak^[c] against heaven;
    while they talk about things on earth.
¹⁰ Therefore God’s^[d] people return there
    and drink it all in like water until they’re satiated.
¹¹ Then they say,
    “How can God know?
        Does the Most High have knowledge?”

¹² Just look at these wicked people!
    They’re perpetually carefree
        as they increase their wealth.
¹³ I kept my heart pure for nothing
    and kept my hands clean from guilt.
¹⁴ For I suffer all day long
    and I am punished every morning.

¹⁵ If I say, “I will talk like this,”
    I would betray a generation of your children.
¹⁶ When I tried to understand this,
    it was too difficult for me