Psalm 73
Verse 1
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
(Title
&) of. or, for.
50.1 74.1 83.1 *titles; 1 Chronicles 6.39 15.17 16.7,37 25.1-6 2 Chronicles 29.30
Truly
or, Yet.
God
18-28 84.11 Isaiah 63.7-9 Luke 12.32
to such
John 1.47 Romans 2.28,29 4.16 9.6,7
of a clean heart
Heb. clean of heart.
51.10 Jeremiah 4.14 Matthew 5.8 Titus 3.5 James 4.8
Verse 2
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
But
5.7 17.15 35.13 Joshua 24.15 1 Samuel 12.23 1 Chronicles 22.7 Job 21.4
feet
116.8 1 Samuel 2.9 Romans 7.23,24
steps
Verse 3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
I was
37.1,7 Job 21.7 Proverbs 3.31 24.1 Jeremiah 12.1 James 4.5
Verse 4
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
no
17.14 Job 21.23,24 24.20 Ecclesiastes 2.16 7.15 Luke 16.22
firm
Heb. fat.
Verse 5
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
They are
12 Job 21.6 Proverbs 3.11,12 Jeremiah 12.1,2 1 Corinthians 11.32 Hebrews 12.8 Revelation 3.19
in trouble as other
Heb. in the trouble of other. like. Heb. with.
Verse 6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore
Deuteronomy 8.13,14 32.15 Esther 3.1,5,6 5.9-11 Job 21.7-15 Ecclesiastes 8.11 Jeremiah 48.11,29 Ezekiel 28.2-5 Daniel 4.30
as a chain
Judges 8.26 Proverbs 1.9 Song of Solomon 4.9 Isaiah 3.19 Ezekiel 16.11
violence
Proverbs 3.31 *marg:; Proverbs 4.17 Micah 2.1,2 3.5 James 5.4-6
covereth
Verse 7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
eyes
17.10 119.70 Job 15.27 Isaiah 3.9 Jeremiah 5.28 Ezekiel 16.49
have, etc
Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart.
12 17.14 1 Samuel 25.2,36 Luke 12.16-19
Verse 8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
corrupt
speak wickedly
10.2,10,11 12.4,5 Exodus 1.9,10 1 Samuel 13.19 1 Kings 21.7-29 Jeremiah 7.9-11 Hosea 7.16
speak loftily
Verse 9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
set
Exodus 5.2 2 Chronicles 32.15 Job 21.14 Daniel 3.15 7.25 Revelation 13.6
tongue
Verse 10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
waters
Verse 11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
How
9 10.11 94.7 Job 22.13,14 Ezekiel 8.12 Zephaniah 1.12
is there
Verse 12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
these
37.35 52.7 Jeremiah 12.1,2 Luke 16.19 James 5.1-3
prosper
they
17.14 62.10 Jeremiah 5.17,28 Hosea 12.7,8
Verse 13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Verily
Job 9.27,31 21.15 34.9 35.3 Malachi 3.14
washed
24.4 26.6 51.10 Hebrews 10.19-22 James 4.8
Verse 14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For all
34.19 94.12 Job 7.3,4,18 10.3,17 Jeremiah 15.18 Amos 3.2 Hebrews 12.5 1 Peter 1.6
chastened
Heb. my chastisement was.
Verse 15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
offend
1 Samuel 2.24 Malachi 2.8 Matthew 18.6,7 Romans 14.15,21 1 Corinthians 8.11-13
generation
Verse 16
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
When
36.6 77.19 97.2 Proverbs 30.2,3 Ecclesiastes 8.17 Romans 11.33
too painful for me
Heb. labour in mine eyes.
39.6 Luke 18.32-34 John 16.18,19
Verse 17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Until
then
37.37,38 Job 27.8 Ecclesiastes 8.12,13 Jeremiah 5.31 Luke 12.20 16.22,23
Verse 18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Surely
35.6 Deuteronomy 32.35 Jeremiah 23.12
thou castedst
37.20,24,35-38 55.23 92.7 94.23 2 Thessalonians 1.9
Verse 19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
How
58.9 Job 20.5 Isaiah 30.13 Acts 2.23 1 Thessalonians 5.3 Revelation 18.10
they are
Numbers 17.12,13 1 Samuel 28.20 Job 15.21 20.23-25 Proverbs 28.1 Isaiah 21.3,4 Daniel 5.6
Verse 20
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
As a
when
their
Verse 21
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
my heart
in my
Verse 22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
So
69.5 92.6 Proverbs 30.2 Ecclesiastes 3.18
ignorant
Heb. I knew not. as a.
before thee
Heb. with thee.
Verse 23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Nevertheless
16.8 23.4 139.1-12,18 Genesis 17.1 Matthew 1.23 28.20 Hebrews 13.5
thou hast
37.17,24 63.8 Isaiah 41.10,13 42.1
Verse 24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Thou
16.7 25.9 32.8 48.14 143.8-10 Proverbs 3.5,6 8.20 Isaiah 30.21 48.17 Isaiah 58.8,11 Luke 11.13 John 16.13 James 1.5
receive
49.15 84.11 Luke 23.46 John 14.3 17.5,24 Acts 7.59 2 Corinthians 5.1 1 Peter 1.4,5
Verse 25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Whom
16.5,11 17.15 37.4 43.4 63.3 89.6 Matthew 5.8 Philippians 3.8 1 John 3.2 Revelation 21.3,22,23
none upon
42.1,2 104.34 143.6-8 Isaiah 26.8,9 Habakkuk 3.17,18 Matthew 10.37 Philippians 3.8
Verse 26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
flesh
63.1 84.2 119.81,82 Job 13.15 2 Corinthians 4.8-10,16-18 Philippians 1.21 2 Timothy 4.6-8 2 Peter 1.14
but
18.2 27.14 138.3 Isaiah 40.29-31 2 Corinthians 12.9,10
strength
Heb. rock. portion.
16.5,6 119.57 142.5 Lamentations 3.24 Revelation 21.3,4,7
Verse 27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
lo
119.155 Job 21.14,15 Isaiah 29.13 Jeremiah 12.2 Matthew 15.7,8 Ephesians 2.13,17
that go
Exodus 34.15 Numbers 15.39 James 4.4 Revelation 17.1-5
Verse 28
But 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.
But
65.4 84.10 116.7 Lamentations 3.25,26 Luke 15.17-20 Hebrews 10.19-22 James 4.8 1 Peter 3.18
that I may
66.16 71.17,24 107.22 118.17 The LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic, add "in the gates of the daughter of Zion;" which makes a better conclusion; but it is not acknowledged by any MS. yet collated.