Book of Common Prayer, 1928

The Psalter
The Psalter Psalm 73
Day 14 Psalm 73
4 28 4 2 9
,8 Blessed be the LoRD God, even the God of Israel, •
'3 And I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, •
which only doeth wondrous things;
and washed my hands in innocency.
'9 And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever: •
'4 All the day long have I been punished, • and chastened
every morning.
and all the earth shall be filled with his majesty. Amen,
Amen.
'5 Yea, and I had almost said even as they;' but 10,
then I should have condemned the generation of thy children.
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,6 Then thought I to understand this; • but it was too
Evening Prayer.
hard for me,
Psalm 73· f2!!allZ bonus Israel!
'7 Until I went into the sanctuary of God: • then understood
I the end of these men;
TRULY God is loving unto Israel: • even unto such as
are of a clean heart.
,8 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, •
2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, • my treadings
and castest them down, and destroyest them.
had well-nigh slipt.
'9 0 how suddenly do they consume, • perish, and come
3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: • I do also see
to a fearful end!
the ungodly in such prosperity.
20 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh; • so
4 For they are in no peril of death; • but are lusty and
shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city.
strong.
2' Thus my heart was grieved,' and it went even
5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; • neither
through my reins.
are they plagued like other men.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant, • even as it were a
6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with
beast before thee.
pride, • and cruelty covereth them as a garment.
23 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee;' for thou hast
7 Their eyes swell with fatness, • and they do even what
holden me by my right hand.
they lust.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, • and after
8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; •
that receive me with glory.
their talking is against the Most High.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? ' and there is
9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, •
none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee.
and their tongue goeth through the world.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth;· but God is the
'0 Therefore fall the people unto them,' and thereout
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
suck they no small advantage.
27 For 10, they that forsake thee shall perish; • thou hast
" Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? ' is
destroyed all them that are unfaithful unto thee.
there knowledge in the Most High?
28 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to
'2 Lo, these are the ungodly,' these prosper in the
put my trust in the Lord GOD, • and to speak of all thy
world, and these have riches in possession:
works in the gates of the daughter of Sian.