TRULY GOD IS GOOD

Psalms 
   73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.    

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

   73:3   For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 
   73:4   For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 

   73:5   They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 

   73:6   Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 

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

   73:8   They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 

   73:9   They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 
   73:10   Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 

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

   73:12   Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 

   73:13   Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 

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

   73:15   If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 

   73:16   When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 

   73:17   Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 

   73:18   Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 

   73:19   How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 

   73:20   As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 

   73:21   Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 

   73:22   So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. 

   73:23   Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 

   73:24   Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 

   73:25   Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 

   73:26   My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 
   73:27   For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 

   73:28   But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.