Psalm 73
73
Book Three
God Is My Strength and Portion Forever
A Psalm of #See Ps. 50, titleAsaph.
1Truly God is good to #John 1:47 Israel,
to those who are #See Ps. 24:4pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
3 # See Job 21:7 For I was #Ps. 37:1; Prov. 23:17 envious of the arrogant
when I saw the #[Ps. 37:7; 92:7; Jer. 12:1]prosperity of the wicked.
4For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not #[Isa. 53:4]stricken like the rest of mankind.
6Therefore pride is #[Judg. 8:26] their necklace;
violence covers them as #[Ps. 109:18]a garment.
7Their #See Job 15:27eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8They scoff and #[2 Pet. 2:18; Jude 16]speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
10Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find #[Job 15:16]no fault in them.#73:10 Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them
11And they say, #See Job 22:13“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they #[ver. 3]increase in riches.
13All in vain have I #[ver. 1]; See Job 34:9 kept my heart clean
and #See Ps. 26:6washed my hands in innocence.
14For all the day long I have been #[See ver. 5 above] stricken
and #Rev. 3:19 rebuked #[Ps. 101:8]every morning.
15If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed #[Ps. 14:5]the generation of your children.
16But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me #Eccles. 8:17a wearisome task,
17until I went into #Ps. 20:2 the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their #Ps. 37:38end.
18Truly you set them in #Ps. 35:6slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
19How they are destroyed #[Num. 16:21] in a moment,
swept away utterly by #See Job 18:11terrors!
20Like #See Job 20:8 a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when #Ps. 78:65you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
21When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22I was #See Ps. 49:10 brutish and ignorant;
I was like #Job 18:3; [Job 11:12]a beast toward you.
23Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you #Ps. 63:8; [Ps. 41:12]hold my right hand.
24You #Ps. 32:8 guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will #See Ps. 49:15receive me to glory.
25 #
Ps. 16:2; [Phil. 3:8] Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 #
Ps. 40:12; See Ps. 84:2 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is #Ps. 18:2 the strength#73:26 Hebrew rock of my heart and my #See Ps. 16:5 portion #[Dan. 12:3]forever.
27For behold, those who are #Ps. 119:155 far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is #Ps. 106:39; Ex. 34:15; Num. 15:39; James 4:4unfaithful to you.
28But for me it is good to #James 4:8; [Heb. 10:22] be near God;
I have made the Lord God my #See Ps. 14:6 refuge,
that I may #See Ps. 118:17tell of all your works.
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Tehillim 73
73
(Mizmor of Asaph)
1Truly Elohim is tov to Yisroel, even to the barei levav (pure of heart).
2But as for me, my raglayim had almost stumbled; my steps had well near slipped.
3For I had kina (envy) of the holelim (arrogant ones), when I saw the shalom of the resha'im.
4For there are no chartzubot (fetters, bonds, pains) in their mot; healthy is their belly.
5They are not in amal (trouble) as enosh; neither are they plagued like adam.
6Therefore ga'avah encircleth them like a chain necklace; chamas enwraps them like a garment.
7Their eyes bulge with chelev; they have more than levav could imagine.
8They mock, and speak wickedly concerning oshek (oppression); they speak from marom (on high).
9They set their mouth against Shomayim, and their leshon stalketh in ha'aretz.
10Therefore their people return here; and mayim to the full are swallowed down by them.
11And they say, How doth El (G-d) know? And is there knowledge in Elyon?
12Hinei, these are the resha'im; at ease olam, they increase in riches.
13Surely in vain have I cleansed my lev, and washed my hands in innocency.
14For kol hayom have I been plagued, and chastened in the bekarim (mornings).
15If I say, I will speak thus; hinei, I would have dealt faithlessly with the dor banecha (the generation of Thy children).
16When I thought to comprehend this, it was amal (difficulty) in my eyes;
17Until I went into the Mikdeshei El; then I had binah (understanding) of their (the wickedʼs) destiny.
18Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; Thou castedst them down into mashu'ot (ruins, destruction).
19How are they brought into desolation, as in a rega (moment)! They are utterly consumed with balahot (terrors).
20As a chalom when one awaketh; so, Adonoi, when Thou art aroused,#73:20 in judgment Thou shalt despise their tzelem (shadowy form).
21Thus my levav was grieved, and I was pricked in my mind.
22So senseless was I, and ignorant; I was like behemot before Thee.
23Nevertheless I am with Thee tamid (always); Thou hast taken hold of me by my yamin.
24Thou shalt guide me with Thy etzah (counsel), and afterward take me to kavod (glory).
25Whom have I in Shomayim but Thee? And there is none upon HaAretz that I desire beside Thee.
26My flesh and my levav may fail; but Elohim is the Tzur of my levav, and my chelek l'olam.
27For, hinei, they that are far from Thee shall perish; Thou hast destroyed all them that go zoneh (a-whoring) from Thee.
28But kiravat Elohim (drawing near to Elohim) is tov for me; I make in Adonoi Hashem my refuge, that I may declare all Thy deeds.
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