Psalms 73
73
Book III
(Psalms 73—89)
Psalm 73
Plea for Relief from Oppressors
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 #
Ps 51.10; 86.5 Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
2 #
Ps 94.18
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
my steps had nearly slipped.
3 #
Ps 37.1; Jer 12.1 For I was envious of the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For they have no pain;
their bodies are sound and sleek.
5 #
Job 21.9
They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not plagued like other people.
6 #
Ps 109.18
Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them like a garment.
7 #
Job 15.27; Ps 17.10 Their eyes swell out with fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8 #
Ps 53.1; Jude 16 They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues range over the earth.
10Therefore the people turn and praise them#73.10 Cn: Heb his people return here
and find no fault in them.#73.10 Cn: Heb abundant waters are drained by them
11 #
Job 22.13
And they say, “How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 #
Ps 49.6; Jer 49.31 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
13 #
Job 21.15; Ps 26.6 All in vain I have kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
14 #
Ps 38.6; 118.18 For all day long I have been plagued
and am punished every morning.
15If I had said, “I will talk on in this way,”
I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.
16 #
Eccl 8.17
But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
17 #
Ps 77.13
until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I perceived their end.
18 #
Ps 35.6, 8 Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
19 #
Num 26.21; Job 18.11 How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
20 #
1 Sam 2.30; Job 20.8 They are#73.20 Cn: Heb Lord like a dream when one awakes;
on awaking you despise their phantoms.
21When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22 #
Job 18.3; Ps 49.10 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.
23Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
24 #
Ps 32.8; 48.14 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me with honor.#73.24 Or to glory
25 #
Phil 3.8
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.
26 #
Ps 16.5; 84.2 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength#73.26 Heb rock of my heart and my portion forever.
27 #
Ps 37.20
Indeed, those who are far from you will perish;
you put an end to those who are false to you.
28 #
Ps 40.5; 71.7; Heb 10.22 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
to tell of all your works.
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