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Psalms 73

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. ✦ 2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. ✦ 3For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ✦ 4For there are no pangs in their death, But their strength is firm. ✦ 5They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men. ✦ 6Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment. ✦ 7Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish. ✦ 8They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; They speak loftily. ✦ 9They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth. ✦ 10Therefore his people return here, And waters of a full cup are drained by them. ✦ 11And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?” ✦ 12Behold, these are the ungodly, Who are always at ease; They increase in riches. ✦ 13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, And washed my hands in innocence. ✦ 14For all day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning. ✦ 15If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children. ✦ 16When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me— ✦ 17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end. ✦ 18Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. ✦ 19Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. ✦ 20As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image. ✦ 21Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind. ✦ 22I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. ✦ 23Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. ✦ 24You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. ✦ 25Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. ✦ 26My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. ✦ 27For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. ✦ 28But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

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

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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

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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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