Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they afflicted like other men.
6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all the day long have I been afflicted, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so , O LORD, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast held me by my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Cross-references
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- 1Mat 5:8, Psa 51:10, Psa 84:11, Luk 12:32, Jas 4:8, Jhn 1:47, Rom 2:28–29, Tit 3:5
- 2Psa 94:18, Psa 116:8, 1Sa 2:9, Psa 38:16, Psa 17:5, Jos 24:15, Psa 5:7, Psa 17:15
- 3Job 21:7, Jer 12:1, Pro 23:17, Psa 37:7, Psa 37:1, Pro 24:1, Pro 3:31, Jas 4:5
- 4Job 21:23–24, Ecc 2:16, Psa 17:14, Luk 16:22, Ecc 7:15, Psa 17:10, Job 24:20
- 5Job 21:9, Psa 73:12, Jer 12:1–2, Rev 3:19, Job 21:6, Heb 12:8, 1Co 11:32, Pro 3:11–12
- 6Psa 109:18, 1Pe 5:5, Pro 1:9, Pro 3:31, Jdg 8:26, Dan 4:30, Deu 32:15, Est 5:9–11
- 7Job 15:27, Jer 5:28, Psa 17:10, Psa 73:12, Isa 3:9, Ezk 16:49, 1Sa 25:2, Psa 17:14
- 8Jud 1:16, Psa 17:10, Psa 10:2, Jer 7:9–11, Psa 10:10–11, Psa 53:1–4, Psa 12:4–5, 2Pe 2:18
- 9Rev 13:6, Jas 3:6, Exo 5:2, Dan 7:25, Dan 3:15, 2Ch 32:15, Luk 18:4, Psa 52:4
- 10Psa 75:8
- 11Hos 7:2, Zep 1:12, Psa 73:9, Ezk 8:12, Psa 94:7, Job 22:13–14, Psa 139:1–6, Psa 44:21
- 12Psa 52:7, Hos 12:7–8, Jer 5:28, Psa 37:35, Luk 16:19, Jer 12:1–2, Jer 5:17, Jas 5:1–3
- 13Job 21:15, Psa 26:6, Job 34:9, Job 35:3, Mal 3:14, Heb 10:19–22, Jas 4:8, Psa 51:10
- 14Heb 12:5, Psa 94:12, Jer 15:18, Amo 3:2, 1Pe 1:6, Psa 34:19, Job 7:3–4, Job 10:3
- 15Mal 2:8, Mat 18:6–7, Psa 24:6, Rom 14:15, Psa 14:5, Rom 14:21, Psa 22:30, 1Pe 2:9
- 16Ecc 8:17, Psa 97:2, Pro 30:2–3, Psa 77:19, Psa 39:6, Psa 36:6, Luk 18:32–34, Rom 11:33
- 17Luk 12:20, Psa 77:13, Psa 27:4, Ecc 8:12–13, Psa 63:2, Psa 119:24, Psa 37:37–38, Jer 5:31
- 18Jer 23:12, Psa 35:6, Deu 32:35, 2Th 1:9, Psa 94:23, Psa 55:23, Psa 92:7, Psa 37:20
- 19Isa 47:11, Dan 5:6, Pro 28:1, 1Th 5:3, Isa 30:13, Job 20:5, Rev 18:10, Job 15:21
- 20Job 20:8, Psa 78:65, Psa 90:5, Psa 39:6, Psa 7:6, Isa 29:7–8
- 21Psa 37:7, Psa 73:3, Lam 3:13, Job 16:13, Psa 37:1
- 22Ecc 3:18, Psa 92:6, Isa 1:3, Psa 49:10, Pro 30:2, Psa 32:9, Job 18:3, Psa 69:5
- 23Isa 41:13, Psa 63:8, Mat 28:20, Heb 13:5, Psa 16:8, Psa 23:4, Mat 1:23, Isa 41:10
- 24Psa 32:8, Isa 58:11, Pro 3:5–6, Isa 48:17, Psa 48:14, Psa 25:9, Isa 30:21, Jas 1:5
- 25Php 3:8, Psa 16:2, Psa 63:3, Psa 16:5, Isa 26:8–9, Psa 104:34, Mat 10:37, Psa 37:4
- 262Co 12:9–10, Isa 40:29–31, Psa 138:3, Psa 18:2, 2Co 4:8–10, 2Co 4:16–18, Psa 16:5–6, Psa 84:2
- 27Jas 4:4, Psa 119:155, Exo 34:15, Num 15:39, Rev 17:1–5, Psa 106:39, Job 21:14–15, Isa 29:13
- 28Jas 4:8, Psa 40:5, Heb 10:19–22, Lam 3:25–26, Psa 65:4, 1Pe 3:18, Psa 71:24, Psa 118:17
Topics in this chapter
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Ablution, Affections, Afflictions and Adversities, Assurance, Backsliders, Blasphemy, Blessing, Blindness, Chains, Chastisement, Church, Cleanliness, Conscience, Cup, Death, Doubting, Drunkenness, Envy, Faith, Glory, God, Happiness, Heart, Heaven, Holiness, Humility, Immortality, Infidelity, Integrity, Love, Meditation, Murmuring, Peace, Perseverance, Pride, Psalms, Repentance, Rich, the, Righteous, Scoffing, Sin, Temptation, Testimony, Washing, Wicked (People), Worldliness