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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Psalms 73
73
God Is the Strength of My Heart
1A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet almost slipped. My steps nearly slid out from under me.
3For I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there are no pains at their death, their body is healthy.
5They have none of humanity’s trouble, nor are they plagued like others.
6Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.
7Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild.
8They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten.
9They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.
10Therefore His people return here, while they drink their fill.
11So they say: “How does God know? And does Elyon have knowledge?”
12Behold, such are the wicked— always at ease and amassing wealth.
13Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
14For all day I have been stricken, my chastisement comes every morning.
15If I had said: “I will speak thus,” surely I would have betrayed a generation of Your children.
16But when I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling in my eyes—
17until I entered the Sanctuary of God, and perceived their end.
18Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction.
19How suddenly they became a ruin— terminated, consumed by terrors.
20Like a dream when one awakes, thus when You arise, my Lord, You will despise their form.
21When my heart was embittered and I was pierced in my heart,
22I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You.
23Yet I am continually with You. You hold my right hand.
24You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but You? On earth there is none I desire besides You.
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27For behold, those far from You will perish. You put an end to all who like a harlot are unfaithful to You.
28But for me, it is good to be near God. I have made my Lord Adonai my refuge. So I will tell of all Your works.
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