Psalms 73

1A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.Cross-references: 1Chr 6:39 · 1Chr 15:17 · 1Chr 16:7 · 1Chr 16:37 · 1Chr 25:1 · 2Chr 29:30 · +18 more

2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.Cross-references: Josh 24:15 · 1Sam 2:9 · 1Sam 12:23 · 1Chr 22:7 · Job 12:5 · Job 21:4 · +8 more

3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Cross-references: Job 21:7 · Ps 37:1 · Ps 37:7 · Prov 3:31 · Prov 23:17 · Prov 24:1 · +2 more

4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.Cross-references: Job 21:23 · Job 24:20 · Ps 17:10 · Ps 17:14 · Eccl 2:16 · Eccl 7:15 · +1 more

5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.Cross-references: Job 21:6 · Job 21:9 · Ps 73:12 · Prov 3:11 · Jer 12:1 · 1Cor 11:32 · +2 more

6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.Cross-references: Gen 41:42 · Deut 8:13 · Deut 32:15 · Judg 8:26 · Esth 3:1 · Esth 3:5 · +19 more

7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.Cross-references: 1Sam 25:2 · 1Sam 25:36 · Job 15:27 · Ps 17:10 · Ps 17:14 · Ps 73:12 · +5 more

8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.Cross-references: Ex 1:9 · 1Sam 13:19 · 1Ki 21:7 · Ps 10:2 · Ps 10:10 · Ps 12:4 · +8 more

9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.Cross-references: Ex 5:2 · 2Chr 32:15 · Job 21:14 · Ps 52:4 · Dan 3:15 · Dan 7:25 · +3 more

10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.Cross-references: Ps 75:8

11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”Cross-references: Job 22:13 · Ps 10:11 · Ps 44:21 · Ps 73:9 · Ps 94:7 · Ps 139:1 · +3 more

12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.Cross-references: Ps 17:14 · Ps 37:35 · Ps 49:6 · Ps 52:7 · Ps 62:10 · Jer 5:17 · +5 more

13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,Cross-references: Job 9:27 · Job 9:31 · Job 21:15 · Job 34:9 · Job 35:3 · Ps 24:4 · +5 more

14For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.Cross-references: Job 7:3 · Job 7:18 · Job 10:3 · Job 10:17 · Ps 34:19 · Ps 94:12 · +4 more

15If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:24 · Ps 14:5 · Ps 22:30 · Ps 24:6 · Mal 2:8 · Matt 18:6 · +4 more

16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—Cross-references: Ps 36:6 · Ps 39:6 · Ps 77:19 · Ps 97:2 · Prov 30:2 · Eccl 8:17 · +3 more

17until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.Cross-references: Job 27:8 · Ps 27:4 · Ps 37:37 · Ps 63:2 · Ps 77:13 · Ps 119:24 · +5 more

18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.Cross-references: Deut 32:35 · Ps 35:6 · Ps 37:20 · Ps 37:24 · Ps 37:35 · Ps 55:23 · +4 more

19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.Cross-references: Num 16:21 · Num 17:12 · 1Sam 28:20 · Job 15:21 · Job 18:11 · Job 20:5 · +10 more

20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.Cross-references: Job 20:8 · Ps 7:6 · Ps 39:6 · Ps 78:65 · Ps 90:5 · Isa 29:7

21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.Cross-references: Job 16:13 · Ps 37:1 · Ps 37:7 · Ps 73:3 · Lam 3:13

22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.Cross-references: Job 18:3 · Ps 32:9 · Ps 49:10 · Ps 69:5 · Ps 92:6 · Prov 30:2 · +2 more

23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.Cross-references: Gen 17:1 · Ps 16:8 · Ps 23:4 · Ps 37:17 · Ps 37:24 · Ps 63:8 · +8 more

24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.Cross-references: Ps 16:7 · Ps 25:9 · Ps 32:8 · Ps 48:14 · Ps 49:15 · Ps 84:11 · +17 more

25Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.Cross-references: Ps 16:2 · Ps 16:5 · Ps 16:11 · Ps 17:15 · Ps 37:4 · Ps 42:1 · +13 more

26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Cross-references: Job 13:15 · Ps 16:5 · Ps 18:2 · Ps 27:14 · Ps 40:12 · Ps 63:1 · +15 more

27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.Cross-references: Ex 34:15 · Num 15:39 · Job 21:14 · Ps 106:39 · Ps 119:155 · Isa 29:13 · +6 more

28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.Cross-references: Ps 14:6 · Ps 40:5 · Ps 65:4 · Ps 66:16 · Ps 71:17 · Ps 71:24 · +9 more