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Psalms 73

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. ✦ 2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped. ✦ 3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ✦ 4They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. ✦ 5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. ✦ 6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. ✦ 7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild. ✦ 8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression. ✦ 9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth. ✦ 10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance. ✦ 11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?” ✦ 12Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth. ✦ 13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. ✦ 14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. ✦ 15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children. ✦ 16When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight ✦ 17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end. ✦ 18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. ✦ 19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! ✦ 20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form. ✦ 21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, ✦ 22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You. ✦ 23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand. ✦ 24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory. ✦ 25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. ✦ 26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. ✦ 27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You. ✦ 28But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 37 ·12Job 21 ·9Ps 17 ·9Ps 119 ·6Ps 16 ·6Ps 73 ·5Jas 4 ·5Jer 5 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 73 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 73YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 73David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 73Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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