Bible ~~- Older Testament ~~- Psalms ~~- chapter 73 of 150 (28 verses.)

Psalms 73Wrench

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Asaph Laments The World's Oppressive Regimes
1 Wow, πŸ˜‡! Elohim awesomely [helps] the people [he's grooming] to rule with him. [He loves us, earth's] few pure-hearted mortals.
A psalm of Asaph. Israel = those who will rule with EL.
2 [Again and again,] my feet quickly slip off [the right path], πŸ˜‡. My feet falter [and scramble for footing on the cliff-ledge].
3 πŸ˜‡, I get jealous of [foolish] braggarts. I [hate] seeing wicked [criminals bask] in prosperity.
4 [I never see] death slap handcuffs on the [kingpins of crime]. They strut their plump physiques [around the city like they'll reign forever], πŸ˜‡.
5 The [captains of corrupt industry kick back in luxury while] normal people toil, plagued [with problems].
6 Pride wraps [bigwigs] like a [gold] neckchain, πŸ˜‡. Violence shrouds them like a robe.
7 The [frauds'] eyes bulge out of their fat [faces]. Their [greedy] hearts constantly dream up new stuff to covet.
8 The [jerks] jeer, πŸ˜‡. They blab blasphemy. They break [poor people's bones] with their elitist schemes.
9 The [bigshots] set their mouth[s] against the heavens, πŸ˜‡. Their [snake] tongue[s] wag [VD-infested spit] over the earth.
10 The [bigshots] twist subservient [poor] masses right and left, wringing them out [like sponges] full of water, πŸ˜‡.
Or, β€˜The [bigshots] turn [the masses] this way and that way, [because desert slaves] follow [the master as long as] he wrings a gulp of water [from a dirty rag into their parched mouths].’
11 The [crime-lords] scoff, β€œHow could El {Power} know [we're oppressing people]? Ha-Elyon {The-Most-High} [is an impersonal force, not a person who] sees [or knows] anything.”
Hence the importance of Star Wars changing β€˜YAH be with you’, to β€˜May the The Force be with you’.
12 Watch, πŸ˜‡. Wicked [jerks] prosper in the world. They build huge estate[s for themselves].
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13 [Who says, β€˜Crime doesn't pay’, πŸ˜‡? While rogues roll in gold,] I cleanse my heart for zero pay. I wash my hands in innocence. [It costs me real money to repay the poor masses what the robber-barons steal.]
14 [While tyrants lounge on the beach, sipping pina coladas from golden goblets held to their mouths by bikini-clad beauties,] I'm plagued all day long [trying to save poor, sick peons]. I [dread the] sunrise, πŸ˜‡, [because no good turn goes] unpunished.
True spirituality is give up your hard-earned honest wealth to help ungrateful people who got in their mess by doing evil.
15 But I shouldn't gripe, [YAH]. To complain is to spit in the face of your family-tree, [my ancestors who suffered intolerable tribulation to become] your children.
16 Still, waking up to see [life's unfairness] stings my eyes like acid, πŸ˜‡.
17 So, πŸ˜‡, [through prayer, praise and fasting] I [stagger] into the [heavenly] sanctuary of El {Power}. Then I understand the end-game [of world affairs].
18 [YAH] sets the [greedsters] in slippery spots [on life's road], πŸ˜‡. [He] casts them down into destruction.
19 How [awesome], πŸ˜‡! [The bigshots] fall to ruin. In a flash, terrors eat the [pigs] to nothing!
20 [YAH's justice] wakes us from [this] nightmare [life], πŸ˜‡. YHVH opens [his vengeful eyes]. [He] blows the vile scum away like phantoms [made of morning mist].
21 [I'm sorry for being] sour-hearted, [YAH]. [But injustice hits me like] pins stabbing my kidneys.
22 I'm irrational. I'm ignorant. I behave like a beast [growling] at the face of [the zookeeper who feeds me].
23 Yet you keep sticking with me, [YAH]. You hold my right hand [through life's trail of terrors].
24 You keep guiding me with your counsel. So after [I die, I know] you'll take me to glory.
25 Who do I have in heaven but you, [YAH]? Beside you, there's nobody on earth whom I desire, either.
26 My flesh [rots]. My [physical] heart fails. But [you,] Elohim, my mountain-fortress, [guard] my eternal heart [in heaven].
27 I see [now, YAH]. [Beings] who stay far from you eventually perish. You destroy everyone who prostitutes themselves. [Fools chase idols of fleshly power right over death's cliff.]
28 My bounty comes not from [socio-economic whoredom, but] by drawing near to Elohim. I always flee-for-protection in you, Adonai YHVH. I'm racking up a tally of [miraculous ways you help me] work [with you to rescue oppressed people].
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