Psalms 73
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1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
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2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
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6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
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7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
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11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
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13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
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24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
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26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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28But 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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Chapter 73
Cross References
Psalms 73:1
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the ki...Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no goo...James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;...
Psalms 73:2
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness;...Psalms 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet fr...Psalms 38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot sl...Psalms 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?Psalms 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him wh...Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of...Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the da...Psalms 37:1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the worke...
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Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Ab...Job 24:20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no mo...Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing t...
Psalms 73:5
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches...Job 21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of...Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Psalms 109:18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into...1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven...Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the h...Proverbs 1:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Job 15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his...Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they...Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches...Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and...
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Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth...Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Psalms 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the device...2 Peter 2:10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despi...2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lust...
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Revelation 13:6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his...James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our member...Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go...Daniel 7:25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the sai...Daniel 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, har...
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Hosea 7:2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now...Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candle...Job 22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?Psalms 94:7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.Ezekiel 8:12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house...
Psalms 73:12
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance...Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set...Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of...Luke 16:19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and...James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you...
Cross References
Psalms 73:1
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the ki...Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no goo...James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;...
Psalms 73:2
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness;...Psalms 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet fr...Psalms 38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot sl...Psalms 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Psalms 73:3
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?Psalms 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him wh...Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of...Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the da...Psalms 37:1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the worke...
Psalms 73:4
Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Ab...Job 24:20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no mo...Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing t...
Psalms 73:5
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches...Job 21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of...Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Psalms 73:6
Psalms 109:18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into...1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven...Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the h...Proverbs 1:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Psalms 73:7
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Job 15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his...Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they...Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches...Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and...
Psalms 73:8
Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth...Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Psalms 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the device...2 Peter 2:10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despi...2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lust...
Psalms 73:9
Revelation 13:6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his...James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our member...Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go...Daniel 7:25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the sai...Daniel 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, har...
Psalms 73:10
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Hosea 7:2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now...Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candle...Job 22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?Psalms 94:7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.Ezekiel 8:12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house...
Psalms 73:12
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance...Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set...Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of...Luke 16:19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and...James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you...