Psalm 73:14

God's Ways Vindicated

¹³ Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?
¹⁴ For I am afflicted all day long
and punished every morning.
¹⁵ If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed Your people.

All Day Long

Morning by Morning

Job 7:3-4

So I have been made to inherit months of futility,
and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

Job 7:18

You inspect him every morning,
and put him to the test every moment.

Job 10:3

Is it good for You to oppress,
to reject the work of Your hands,
and favor the plans of the wicked?

Job 10:17

You produce new witnesses against me
and multiply Your anger toward me.
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.

Psalm 34:19

Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,
but the Lord delivers him from them all.

Psalm 94:12

Lord, happy is the man You discipline
and teach from Your law

Jeremiah 15:18

Why has my pain become unending,
my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
You truly have become like a mirage to me—
water that is not reliable.

Amos 3:2

I have known only you
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Hebrews 12:5

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or faint when you are reproved by Him,

1 Peter 1:6

You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials