Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 73
BOOK 3
A Psalm by Asaph.
Surely God73:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.Psa 64:8; Mat 5:8; Jhn 1:47
But as for me, my feet were almost gone.
My steps had nearly slipped.
For I was envious of the arrogant,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Psa 37:1; Job 21:7; Jer 12:1
For there are no struggles in their death,
but their strength is firm.
They are free from burdens of men,
neither are they plagued like other men.
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.
Violence covers them like a garment.
Their eyes bulge with fat.
Their minds pass the limits of conceit.Job 15:27
They scoff and speak with malice.
In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
They have set their mouth in the heavens.
Their tongue walks through the earth.
Therefore their people return to them,
and they drink up waters of abundance.
They say, “How does God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”Psa 10:11; Psa 94:7
Behold, these are the wicked.
Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,
and washed my hands in innocence,Mal 3:14; Job 9:30
For all day long I have been plagued,
and punished every morning.
If I had said, “I will speak thus”,
behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
When I tried to understand this,
it was too painful for me—
until I entered God’s sanctuary,
and considered their latter end.
Surely you set them in slippery places.
You throw them down to destruction.Job 21:16; Pro 14:32
How they are suddenly destroyed!
They are completely swept away with terrors.Job 21:30; Psa 52:5
As a dream when one wakes up,
so, Lord,73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.Job 21:17; Isa 29:7
For my soul was grieved.
I was embittered in my heart.
I was so senseless and ignorant.
I was a brute beast before you.Jhn 12:16
Nevertheless, I am continually with you.
You have held my right hand.Jhn 6:68
You will guide me with your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
Whom do I have in heaven?
There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.Psa 16:5; Jhn 4:14
My flesh and my heart fails,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Lam 3:24
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.Jer 17:13; Hos 7:13
But it is good for me to come close to God.
I have made the Lord Yahweh73:28 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.Jas 4:8