Psalms 73:2-25

²As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God; it was as though my feet slipped and I stumbled MET,

³because I envied those who proudly said that they did not need God, and I saw that they prospered even though they were wicked.

⁴Those people do not have any pains; they are always strong and healthy.

⁵They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do.

⁶So they are proud, and their being proud is like a necklace that they show to others, and they show off their violent actions like people show off their beautiful robes.

⁷From their inner beings they ◄pour out/do► evil deeds, and they are always thinking about more evil things to do.

⁸They scoff at other people, and they talk about doing evil things to them; they are proud while they plan to oppress others.

⁹They say evil things about God who is in heaven MTY, and they talk boastfully/proudly about things that they have done here on the earth.

¹⁰The result is that people listen to what they say and praise them and do not think that they have done anything that is wrong.

¹¹Wicked people say to themselves, “God will certainly not RHQ know what we have done; people say that he is greater than any other god, but he does not know everything.”

¹²That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer.

¹³So, God, I think it is useless that I have RHQ always done what you want me to, and that I have not sinned.

¹⁴All day long I have problems, and every morning you punish me.

¹⁵If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people.

¹⁶And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me to understand it.

¹⁷But when I went to your temple, you spoke to me, and I understood what will happen to the wicked people after they die.

¹⁸Now I know that you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.

¹⁹They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.

²⁰They will disappear as quickly as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; Lord, when you arise, you will ◄cause them to disappear/forget all about them►.

²¹When I felt sad/bitter , and brokenhearted,

²²I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you.

²³But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.

²⁴You guide me by teaching me, and ◄at the end of my life/when I die►, you will receive me and honor me.

²⁵You are in heaven and I belong to you RHQ, and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.