Psalms 73
1 God delivers the righteous
1 [a]Or, A Psalm for AsaphA Psalm Ps. 50, titleof Asaph.
1 [b]Or, YetTruly God is good to Israel, 1 Even to such as are [c]Heb. clean of heartof a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; 2 My steps had well nigh slipt.
3 Job 21:7;Ps. 37:1For I was envious at the foolish, 3 When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3 Job 21:7; Ps. 37:1
4 For there are no bands in their death: 4 But their strength is [d]Heb. fatfirm.
5 Job 21:9They are not [e]Heb. in the trouble of other menin trouble as other men; 5 Neither are they plagued [f]Heb. withlike other men.
5 Job 21:9
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; 6 Violence covereth them Ps. 109:18as a garment.
6 Ps. 109:18
7 Jer. 5:28Their eyes stand out with fatness: 7 [g]Heb. They pass the thoughts of the heartThey have more than heart could wish.
7 Jer. 5:28
8 Ps. 53:1They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: 8 They Jude 16speak loftily.
8 Ps. 53:1; Jude 16
9 They set their mouth Rev. 13:6against the heavens, 9 And their tongue walketh through the earth.
9 Rev. 13:6
10 Therefore his people return hither: 10 Ps. 75:8And waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
10 Ps. 75:8
11 And they say, Job 22:13How doth God know? 11 And is there knowledge in the most High?
11 Job 22:13
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, 12 Who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Job 34:9;Mal. 3:14Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, 13 And Ps. 26:6washed my hands in innocency.
13 Job 34:9; Mal. 3:14; Ps. 26:6
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, 14 And [h]Heb. my chastisement waschastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; 15 Behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 Eccl. 8:17When I thought to know this, 16 [i]Heb. It was labour in mine eyesIt was too painful for me;
16 Eccl. 8:17
17 Until Ps. 77:13I went into the sanctuary of God; 17 Then understood I Ps. 37:38their end.
17 Ps. 77:13; Ps. 37:38
18 Surely Ps. 35:6thou didst set them in slippery places: 18 Thou castedst them down into destruction.
18 Ps. 35:6
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! 19 They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 Job 20:8;Ps. 90:5As a dream when one awaketh; 20 So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
20 Job 20:8; Ps. 90:5
21 Thus my heart was grieved, 21 And I was pricked in my reins.
22 Ps. 92:6;Prov. 30:2So foolish was I, and [j]Heb. I knew notignorant: 22 I was as a beast [k]Heb. with theebefore thee.
22 Ps. 92:6; Prov. 30:2
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: 23 Thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Ps. 32:8;& 48:14Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, 24 And afterward receive me to glory.
24 Ps. 32:8; 48:14
25 Phil. 3:8Whom have I in heaven but thee? 25 And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
25 Phil. 3:8
26 Ps. 84:2;& 119:81My flesh and my heart faileth: 26 But God is the [l]Heb. rockstrength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
26 Ps. 84:2; 119:81
27 For lo, Ps. 119:155they that are far from thee shall perish: 27 Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
27 Ps. 119:155
28 But it is good for me to Heb. 10:22draw near to God: 28 I have put my trust in the Lord God, 28 That I may declare all thy works.
28 Heb. 10:22
