BOOK 3
A Psalm by Asaph.
Surely God 1 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 were almost gone. Psa 94:181Sa 2:9Psa 116:8Psa 38:16Psa 17:5Jos 24:15Psa 17:15Psa 5:7
My steps had nearly slipped.
For I was envious of 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.
For there are no struggles in their death, Job 21:23-24Ecc 2:16Luk 16:22Psa 17:14Ecc 7:15Job 24:20Psa 17:10
but their strength is firm.
They are free from burdens of men, Job 21:9Psa 73:12Jer 12:1-2Rev 3:191Co 11:32Heb 12:8Job 21:6Pro 3:11-12
neither are they plagued like other men.
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Psa 109:181Pe 5:5Dan 4:30Jdg 8:26Pro 1:9Pro 3:31Deu 32:15Deu 8:13-14
Violence covers them like a garment.
Their eyes bulge with fat. Jer 5:28Job 15:27Psa 17:10Psa 73:121Sa 25:21Sa 25:36Ezk 16:49Isa 3:9
Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
They scoff and speak with malice. Jud 1:16Psa 17:10Psa 10:22Pe 2:102Pe 2:18Jer 7:9-11Pro 30:13-14Psa 10:10-11
In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Rev 13:6Exo 5:2Jas 3:62Ch 32:15Dan 3:15Dan 7:25Luk 18:4Job 21:14
Their tongue walks through the earth.
Therefore their people return to them, Psa 75:8
and they drink up waters of abundance.
They say, “How does God know? Hos 7:2Zep 1:12Ezk 8:12Job 22:13-14Psa 73:9Psa 94:7Psa 10:11Psa 139:1-6
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
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
Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, Job 21:15Psa 26:6Job 34:9Job 35:3Heb 10:19-22Jas 4:8Mal 3:14Psa 51:10
and washed my hands in innocence,
For all day long I have been plagued, 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 thus”, Mal 2:8Mat 18:6-7Psa 24:6Rom 14:151Pe 2:9Psa 14:5Psa 22:30Rom 14:21
behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
When I tried to understand this, Ecc 8:17Jhn 16:18-19Luk 18:32-34Pro 30:2-3Psa 36:6Psa 39:6Psa 77:19Psa 97:2
it was too painful for me—
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
and considered their latter end.
Surely you set them in slippery places. Jer 23:12Psa 35:6Deu 32:352Th 1:9Psa 55:23Psa 94:23Psa 37:20Psa 37:35-38
You throw them down to destruction.
How they are suddenly destroyed! Isa 47:11Dan 5:6Pro 28:11Th 5:3Isa 30:13Job 15:21Job 20:5Rev 18:10
They are completely swept away with terrors.
As a dream when one wakes up, Job 20:8Psa 78:65Isa 29:7-8Psa 39:6Psa 7:6Psa 90:5
so, Lord, 2 when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
For my soul was grieved. Psa 37:7Lam 3:13Psa 73:3Job 16:13Psa 37:1
I was embittered in my heart.
I was so 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.
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. Isa 41:13Psa 63:8Mat 28:20Heb 13:5Psa 16:8Psa 23:4Mat 1:23Isa 41:10
You have held my right hand.
You will guide me with your counsel, Psa 32:8Isa 58:11Pro 3:5-6Isa 48:17Psa 48:14Psa 25:9Isa 30:21Jas 1:5
and afterward receive me to glory.
Whom do I have in heaven? Php 3:8Psa 16:2Psa 63:3Psa 16:5Isa 26:8-9Mat 10:37Psa 104:34Psa 16:11
There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart fails, 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 of my heart and my portion forever.
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. Jas 4:4Psa 119:155Exo 34:15Num 15:39Psa 106:39Rev 17:1-5Isa 29:13Job 21:14-15
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
But it is good for me to come close 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 3 my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.