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Themes in Psalm 73
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Themes in Psalm 73

Psalm 73:1

A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!

Psalm 73:2

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:4

For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.

Psalm 73:5

They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like mankind.

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.

Psalm 73:7

Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Psalm 73:8

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.

Psalm 73:9

They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.

Psalm 73:10

Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

Psalm 73:11

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

Psalm 73:14

For I have been stricken all day long
And chastened every morning.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

Psalm 73:16

When I pondered to understand this,
It was troublesome in my sight

Psalm 73:17

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

Psalm 73:18

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

Psalm 73:20

Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

Psalm 73:21

When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within,

Psalm 73:22

Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

Psalm 73:23

Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.

Psalm 73:24

With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.

Psalm 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:27

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

Psalm 73:28

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.
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