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