American Standard Version
Psalms 73
A Psalm of Asaph.
1Surely God is good to Israel,Evento such as are pure in heart.2But as for me, my feet were almost gone;My steps had well nigh slipped.3For I was envious at the arrogant,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 asothermen;Neither are they plagued likeothermen.6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;Violence covereth them as a garment.7Their eyes stand out with fatness:They have more than heart could wish.8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:They speak loftily.9They have set their mouth in the heavens,And their tongue walketh through the earth.10Therefore his people return hither:And waters of a fullcupare drained by them.11And they say, How doth God know?And is there knowledge in the Most High?12Behold, these are the wicked;And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,And washed my hands in innocency;14For all the day long have I been plagued,And chastened every morning.15If I had said, I will speak thus;Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.16When I thought how I might know this,It was too painful for me;17Until I went into the sanctuary of God,And considered their latter end.18Surely thou settest them in slippery places:Thou castest them down to destruction.19How are they become a desolation in a moment!They are utterly consumed with terrors.20As a dream when one awaketh,So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.21For my soul was grieved,And I was pricked in my heart:22So brutish was I, and ignorant;I wasasa beast before thee.23Nevertheless I am continually with thee:Thou hast holden my right hand.24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel,And afterward receive me to glory.25Whom have I in heavenbut thee?And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.26My flesh and my heart faileth;ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.28But it is good for me to draw near unto God:I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,That I may tell of all thy works.
Commentaries on Psalms 73
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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