---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 73
verse_count: 28
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 73, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 73

*The prophet's deliverance from temptation God's purpose in destroying the wicked and sustaining the righteous. A Psalm of Asaph.*

**1** Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
**2** But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well-nigh slipped.
**3** For I was envious at the foolish, the prosperity of the when I saw the prosperity wicked.
**4** For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is firm.
**5** They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
**6** Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
**7** Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than heart could wish.
**8** They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily.
**9** They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
**10** Therefore his people return hither; and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
**11** And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
**12** Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
**13** Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
**14** For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
**15** If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
**16** When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
**17** Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
**18** Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction.
**19** How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
**20** As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
**21** Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
**22** So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
**23** Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand.
**24** Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
**25** Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
**26** My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
**27** For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
**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.