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Psalms 73

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1God certainly is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! ✦ 2But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. ✦ 3For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ✦ 4For there are no pains in their death, And their belly is fat. ✦ 5They are not in trouble like other people, Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind. ✦ 6Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. ✦ 7Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart overflow. ✦ 8They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. ✦ 9They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth. ✦ 10¶Therefore his people return here, And abundant waters are drunk by them. ✦ 11They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?” ✦ 12Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth. ✦ 13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence; ✦ 14For I have been stricken all day long, And punished every morning. ✦ 15¶If I had said, “I will speak this way,” Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children. ✦ 16When I thought of understanding this, It was troublesome in my sight ✦ 17Until I entered the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end. ✦ 18You indeed put them on slippery ground; You dropped them into ruin. ✦ 19How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors! ✦ 20Like a dream when one awakes, Lord, when stirred, You will despise their image. ✦ 21¶When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, ✦ 22Then I was stupid and ignorant; I was like an animal before You. ✦ 23Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. ✦ 24You will guide me with Your plan, And afterward receive me to glory. ✦ 25¶Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth. ✦ 26My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. ✦ 27For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You. ✦ 28But as for me, the nearness of God is good for me; I have made the Lord God my refuge, So that I may tell of 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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