【Hab2:20】“But the Lord is in His holy temple.Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
【Ps73:1】A Psalm of Asaph.Truly God is good to Israel,To such as are pure in heart.
【Ps73:2】But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;My steps had nearly slipped.
【Ps73:3】For I was envious of the boastful,When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
【Ps73:4】For there are no pangs in their death,But their strength is firm.
【Ps73:5】They are not in trouble as other men,Nor are they plagued like other men.
【Ps73:6】Therefore pride serves as their necklace;Violence covers them like a garment.
【Ps73:7】Their eyes bulge with abundance;They have more than heart could wish.
【Ps73:8】They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;They speak loftily.
【Ps73:9】They set their mouth against the heavens,And their tongue walks through the earth.
【Ps73:10】Therefore his people return here,And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
【Ps73:11】And they say, “How does God know?And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
【Ps73:12】Behold, these are the ungodly,Who are always at ease;They increase in riches.
【Ps73:13】Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,And washed my hands in innocence.
【Ps73:14】For all day long I have been plagued,And chastened every morning.
【Ps73:15】If I had said, “I will speak thus,”Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
【Ps73:16】When I thought how to understand this,It was too painful for me—
【Ps73:17】Until I went into the sanctuary of God;Then I understood their end.
【Ps73:18】Surely You set them in slippery places;You cast them down to destruction.
【Ps73:19】Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!They are utterly consumed with terrors.
【Ps73:20】As a dream when one awakes,So, Lord, when You awake,You shall despise their image.
【Ps73:21】Thus my heart was grieved,And I was vexed in my mind.
【Ps73:22】I was so foolish and ignorant;I was like a beast before You.
【Ps73:23】Nevertheless I am continually with You;You hold me by my right hand.
【Ps73:24】You will guide me with Your counsel,And afterward receive me to glory.
【Ps73:25】Whom have I in heaven but You?And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
【Ps73:26】My flesh and my heart fail;But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
【Ps73:27】For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish;You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
【Ps73:28】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 Your works.
【Hab1:2】O Lord, how long shall I cry,And You will not hear?Even cry out to You, “Violence!”And You will not save.
【Hab1:3】Why do You show me iniquity,And cause me to see trouble?For plundering and violence are before me;There is strife, and contention arises.
【Hab1:4】Therefore the law is powerless,And justice never goes forth.For the wicked surround the righteous;Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
【Hab1:5】“Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded!For I will work a work in your daysWhich you would not believe, though it were told you.
【Hab1:6】For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans,A bitter and hasty nationWhich marches through the breadth of the earth,To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
【Hab1:7】They are terrible and dreadful;Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
【Hab1:8】Their horses also are swifter than leopards,And more fierce than evening wolves.Their chargers charge ahead;Their cavalry comes from afar;They fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
【Hab1:9】“They all come for violence;Their faces are set like the east wind.They gather captives like sand.
【Hab1:10】They scoff at kings,And princes are scorned by them.They deride every stronghold,For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.
【Hab1:11】Then his mind changes, and he transgresses;He commits offense,Ascribing this power to his god.”