Book Three — Psalms 73 — 89
Indicating that the saints, in their experiences, realize that the house and the city of God with all the enjoyments thereof can be preserved and maintained only with Christ properly appreciated and exalted by God's people
73:1—89:52
Psa. 73
:1
73:1
1Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are
2apure in heart.
Psa. 73
:2
73:2
But as for me, my feet were nearly
1turned aside;
My steps had almost slipped.
Psa. 73
:3
73:3
For I was envious of the arrogant,
When I saw the
aprosperity of the wicked.
Psa. 73
:4
73:4
For they have no pangs in their death,
And their body is well nourished.
Psa. 73
:5
73:5
They do not
find themselves in the hardship of men,
Nor are they plagued like
other men.
Psa. 73
:6
73:6
Therefore pride is a necklace for them,
Violence covers them like a garment.
Psa. 73
:7
73:7
Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
The imaginations of
their heart overflow.
Psa. 73
:8
73:8
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily.
Psa. 73
:9
73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their
atongue walks about on the earth.
Psa. 73
:10
73:10
Therefore His people return here,
And waters of abundance are drained by them;
Psa. 73
:11
73:11
And they say, How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?
Psa. 73
:12
73:12
Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they
aheap up riches.
Psa. 73
:13
73:13
Surely I have purified my heart in
1vain,
And I have
awashed my hands in innocence.
Psa. 73
:14
73:14
For I have been plagued all day long
And chastened every morning.
Psa. 73
:15
73:15
If I had said, I will speak thus;
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
Psa. 73
:16
73:16
When I considered this in order to understand
it,
It was a troublesome task in my sight,
Psa. 73
:17
73:17
Until I went into the
1asanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.
Psa. 73
:18
73:18
Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down into ruins.
Psa. 73
:19
73:19
How they are made desolate in a moment!
They are utterly consumed by terrors.
Psa. 73
:20
73:20
Like a dream, when one awakes, You, O Lord,
Upon arising, will despise their image.
Psa. 73
:21
73:21
When my heart was embittered,
And inwardly I was pricked;
Psa. 73
:22
73:22
I was brutish and knew nothing;
I was
like a
abeast before You.
Psa. 73
:23
73:23
Nevertheless I am continually
awith You;
You have taken hold of my
bright hand.
Psa. 73
:24
73:24
You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward You will receive me in
aglory.
Psa. 73
:25
73:25
1Whom do I have in heaven
but You?
And besides You there is nothing I
adesire on earth.
Psa. 73
:26
73:26
My flesh and my heart fail,
But God is the
arock of my heart and my
1bportion forever.
Psa. 73
:27
73:27
For behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You destroy all who go about as harlots away from You.
Psa. 73
:28
73:28
But as for me,
adrawing near to God is good for me;
I have made the Lord Jehovah my
brefuge,
That I may declare all Your works.
