Psalm 73 From Vexation to Victory
I. Asaph's Confusion - Over the Prosperity of the Wicked (1-12).
Their Prosperity -
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Their Peace - 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Their Pleasure -
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Their Pride - 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;
violence covereth them as a garment.
Their Presumption -
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Their Progress -
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
2. Asaph's Conclusion - Over the Profanity of His Work (13-14)
3. Asaph's Conviction - Over the Perversity of their Walk
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end
They Have Rejected -
I. The Providence of God - 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
II. The Provision of God - 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
I. THE REQUIREMENT OF A GUIDE - Thou shalt guide me
II. THE REQUEST FOR A GUIDE - Thou shalt guide me
III. THE RECOGNITION OF THE GUIDE - Thou shalt guide me
IV. THE RESOURCES OF THE GUIDE - with thy counsel,
V. THE RICHES OF THIS GUIDE - and afterward receive me to glory.
III. The Presence of God - 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
IV. The Power of God - 23 thou hast holden me by my right hand.
V. The Peace of God - 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever
VI. The Promise of God -
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
