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 (Psalms) 73
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1Elohim is truly good to Yisra’ĕl, To those whose heart is clean.
2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, My steps had nearly slipped.
3For I was envious of the boasters, When I saw the peace of the wrong-doers.#See Job 21:7; Jer. 12:1, 2; Psa. 73:17 and Psa. 92:6, 7
4For death has no pangs for them, And their strength is firm.
5They are not in trouble as other men, And they are not plagued like other men.
6So pride is their necklace, The garment of violence covers them.
7Their eyes bulge from fatness; Their heart overflows with imaginations.
8They mock and speak in the evil of oppression; They speak loftily.
9They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth, saying:
10Therefore His people return here, And waters of a filled cup are drained by them!”
11And they have said, “How could Ěl know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12See, these are the wrong, And always at ease, They have amassed wealth!
13Indeed, in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence.
14For I am plagued all day long, And my reproof is every morning.
15If I had said, “Let me speak thus,” See, I would have deceived A generation of Your children.
16Yet, when I tried to understand this, It was labour to my eyes –
17Until I went into the set-apart place of Ěl; Then I perceived their end.
18Indeed, You set them in slippery places; You make them fall to ruins.
19How suddenly they are ruined! Completely swept away through destructions.
20יהוה, when You awake You despise their image, As one does a dream after waking.
21For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pierced in my kidneys.
22I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward You.
23Yet I am always with You, You took hold of my right hand.
24You lead me by Your counsel, And afterward receive me unto esteem.
25Whom do I have in the heavens? And I have desired no one besides You on earth.
26My flesh and my heart shall waste away, But Elohim is the rock of my heart And my portion forever.
27For look, those who are far from You perish; You shall cut off all those Who go whoring away from You.
28But as for me, it is good to be near Elohim. I have made my refuge in the Master יהוה, To declare all Your works.
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