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Psalm 73
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| 73:1
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. |
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| 73:2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. |
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| 73:3
For I was envious at
the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
(73:3, 7, 12)
These verses speak of the
"prosperity of the wicked." Yet Ps.34:21 says
that the wicked shall be made desolate
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Do evildoers prosper?
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| 73:4
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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| 73:5
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other
men. |
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| 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them
as a garment. |
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| 73:7
Their eyes stand out
with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. |
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| 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily. |
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| 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through
the earth. |
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| 73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out
to them. |
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| 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? |
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| 73:12
Behold, these are the
ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. |
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| 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. |
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| 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. |
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| 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children. |
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| 73:16
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; |
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| 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. |
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| 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down
into destruction. |
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| 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly
consumed with terrors. |
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| 73:20
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt
despise their image. |
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| 73:21
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. |
"I was pricked in my reins."
("Reins" means kidneys in the Bible.)
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| 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. |
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| 73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right
hand. |
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| 73:24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
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| 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire
beside thee. |
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| 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my
portion for ever. |
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| 73:27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all
them that go a whoring from thee. |
"They that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee."
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| 73:28
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord
GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
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