BOOK III
Psalms 73—89
Surely God Is Good to Israel
A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel, Mat 5:8Psa 51:10Luk 12:32Psa 84:11Jas 4:8Jhn 1:47Rom 2:28-291Ch 25:1-6
to those who are pure in heart.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; Psa 94:181Sa 2:9Psa 116:8Psa 38:16Psa 17:5Jos 24:15Psa 17:15Psa 5:7
my steps had nearly slipped.
For I envied the arrogant Job 21:7Jer 12:1Pro 23:17Psa 37:7Psa 37:1Pro 24:1Jas 4:5Pro 3:31
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
They have no struggle in their death; Job 21:23-24Ecc 2:16Luk 16:22Psa 17:14Ecc 7:15Job 24:20Psa 17:10
their bodies are well-fed.
They are free of the burdens others carry; Job 21:9Psa 73:12Jer 12:1-2Rev 3:191Co 11:32Heb 12:8Job 21:6Pro 3:11-12
they are not afflicted like other men.
Therefore pride is their necklace; Psa 109:181Pe 5:5Dan 4:30Jdg 8:26Pro 1:9Pro 3:31Deu 32:15Deu 8:13-14
a garment of violence covers them.
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; 1 Jer 5:28Job 15:27Psa 17:10Psa 73:121Sa 25:21Sa 25:36Ezk 16:49Isa 3:9
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
They mock and speak with malice; Jud 1:16Psa 17:10Psa 10:22Pe 2:102Pe 2:18Jer 7:9-11Pro 30:13-14Psa 10:10-11
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
They set their mouths against the heavens, Rev 13:6Exo 5:2Jas 3:62Ch 32:15Dan 3:15Dan 7:25Luk 18:4Job 21:14
and their tongues strut across the earth.
So their people 2return to this place Psa 75:8
and drink up waters in abundance.
The wicked say, “How can God know? Hos 7:2Zep 1:12Ezk 8:12Job 22:13-14Psa 73:9Psa 94:7Psa 10:11Psa 139:1-6
Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Behold, these are the wicked— Psa 52:7Hos 12:7-8Jer 5:28Jas 5:1-3Jer 12:1-2Jer 5:17Luk 16:19Psa 17:14
always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; Job 21:15Psa 26:6Job 34:9Job 35:3Heb 10:19-22Jas 4:8Mal 3:14Psa 51:10
in innocence I have washed my hands.
For I am afflicted all day long Heb 12:5Psa 94:121Pe 1:6Amo 3:2Jer 15:18Job 7:3-4Psa 34:19Job 10:17
and punished every morning.
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” Mal 2:8Mat 18:6-7Psa 24:6Rom 14:151Pe 2:9Psa 14:5Psa 22:30Rom 14:21
then I would have betrayed Your children.
When I tried to understand all this, Ecc 8:17Jhn 16:18-19Luk 18:32-34Pro 30:2-3Psa 36:6Psa 39:6Psa 77:19Psa 97:2
it was troublesome in my sight
until I entered God’s sanctuary; Luk 12:20Psa 77:13Ecc 8:12-13Psa 27:4Psa 119:24Psa 37:37-38Psa 63:2Jer 5:31
then I discerned their end.
Surely You set them on slick ground; Jer 23:12Psa 35:6Deu 32:352Th 1:9Psa 55:23Psa 94:23Psa 37:20Psa 37:35-38
You cast them down into ruin.
How suddenly they are laid waste, Isa 47:11Dan 5:6Pro 28:11Th 5:3Isa 30:13Job 15:21Job 20:5Rev 18:10
completely swept away by terrors!
Like one waking from a dream, Job 20:8Psa 78:65Isa 29:7-8Psa 39:6Psa 7:6Psa 90:5
so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
When my heart was grieved Psa 37:7Lam 3:13Psa 73:3Job 16:13Psa 37:1
and I was pierced within,
I was senseless and ignorant; Ecc 3:18Psa 92:6Isa 1:3Psa 49:10Pro 30:2Psa 32:9Job 18:3Psa 69:5
I was a brute beast before You.
Yet I am always with You; Isa 41:13Psa 63:8Mat 28:20Heb 13:5Psa 16:8Psa 23:4Mat 1:23Isa 41:10
You hold my right hand.
You guide me with Your counsel, Psa 32:8Isa 58:11Pro 3:5-6Isa 48:17Psa 48:14Psa 25:9Isa 30:21Jas 1:5
and later receive me in glory.
Whom have I in heaven but You? Php 3:8Psa 16:2Psa 63:3Psa 16:5Isa 26:8-9Mat 10:37Psa 104:34Psa 16:11
And on earth I desire no one besides You.
My flesh and my heart may fail, 2Co 12:9-10Isa 40:29-31Psa 138:3Psa 18:22Co 4:8-102Co 4:16-18Psa 16:5-6Psa 84:2
but God is the strength 3of my heart
and my portion forever.
Those far from You will surely perish; Jas 4:4Psa 119:155Exo 34:15Num 15:39Psa 106:39Rev 17:1-5Isa 29:13Job 21:14-15
You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. Jas 4:8Psa 40:5Heb 10:19-22Lam 3:25-26Psa 65:41Pe 3:18Psa 118:17Psa 71:24
I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,
that I may proclaim all Your works.