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Psalms Chapter 73

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David expresses his deep regret for his many sins and the way God has judged him, showing that God's righteousness is greater than human understanding. The psalmist learns that God's mercy endures and is comforted by the promise that God will keep his people.

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(1) A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
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Psalms 50:1Psalms 74:1Psalms 83:1I Chronicles 6:39I Chronicles 15:17I Chronicles 16:7I Chronicles 16:37I Chronicles 25:1I Chronicles 25:2I Chronicles 25:3I Chronicles 25:4I Chronicles 25:5

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I Chronicles 25:2

(2) But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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Psalms 5:7Psalms 17:15Psalms 35:13Joshua 24:15I Samuel 12:23I Chronicles 22:7Job 21:4Psalms 116:8I Samuel 2:9Romans 7:23Romans 7:24Psalms 17:5

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II Kings 4:26Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(3) For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Psalms 37:1Psalms 37:7Job 21:7Proverbs 3:31Proverbs 24:1Jeremiah 12:1James 4:5

(4) For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
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Psalms 17:14Job 21:23Job 21:24Job 24:20Ecclesiastes 2:16Ecclesiastes 7:15Luke 16:22Psalms 17:10

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II Kings 24:2

(5) They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
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Psalms 73:12Job 21:6Proverbs 3:11Proverbs 3:12Jeremiah 12:1Jeremiah 12:2I Corinthians 11:32Hebrews 12:8Revelation 3:19

(6) Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
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Deuteronomy 8:13Deuteronomy 8:14Deuteronomy 32:15Esther 3:1Esther 3:5Esther 3:6Esther 5:9Esther 5:10Esther 5:11Job 21:7Job 21:8Job 21:9

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Malachi 2:16Leviticus 13:47

(7) Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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Psalms 17:10Psalms 119:70Job 15:27Isaiah 3:9Jeremiah 5:28Ezekiel 16:49Psalms 73:12Psalms 17:14I Samuel 25:2I Samuel 25:36Luke 12:16Luke 12:17

(8) They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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Psalms 53:1Psalms 53:2Psalms 53:3Psalms 53:4Proverbs 30:13Proverbs 30:14Psalms 10:2Psalms 10:10Psalms 10:11Psalms 12:4Psalms 12:5Exodus 1:9

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19

(9) They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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Exodus 5:2II Chronicles 32:15Job 21:14Daniel 3:15Daniel 7:25Revelation 13:6Psalms 52:4Luke 18:4James 3:6

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Psalms 148:4

(10) Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
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Psalms 75:8

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Song of Solomon 6:13Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13II Kings 2:14Ezekiel 19:10Ezekiel 47:4

(11) And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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Psalms 73:9Psalms 10:11Psalms 94:7Job 22:13Job 22:14Ezekiel 8:12Zephaniah 1:12Psalms 44:21Psalms 139:1Psalms 139:2Psalms 139:3Psalms 139:4

(12) Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
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Psalms 37:35Psalms 52:7Jeremiah 12:1Jeremiah 12:2Luke 16:19James 5:1James 5:2James 5:3Psalms 17:14Psalms 62:10Jeremiah 5:17Jeremiah 5:28

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John 15:19Jude 1:15Romans 11:12John 1:10John 3:17John 17:14

(13) Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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Job 9:27Job 9:31Job 21:15Job 34:9Job 35:3Malachi 3:14Psalms 24:4Psalms 26:6Psalms 51:10Hebrews 10:19Hebrews 10:20Hebrews 10:21

(14) For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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Psalms 34:19Psalms 94:12Job 7:3Job 7:4Job 7:18Job 10:3Job 10:17Jeremiah 15:18Amos 3:2Hebrews 12:5I Peter 1:6

(15) If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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I Samuel 2:24Malachi 2:8Matthew 18:6Matthew 18:7Romans 14:15Romans 14:21I Corinthians 8:11I Corinthians 8:12I Corinthians 8:13Psalms 22:30Psalms 24:6I Peter 2:9

(16) When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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Psalms 36:6Psalms 77:19Psalms 97:2Proverbs 30:2Proverbs 30:3Ecclesiastes 8:17Romans 11:33Psalms 39:6Luke 18:32Luke 18:33Luke 18:34John 16:18

(17) Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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Psalms 27:4Psalms 63:2Psalms 77:13Psalms 119:24Psalms 119:130Psalms 37:37Psalms 37:38Job 27:8Ecclesiastes 8:12Ecclesiastes 8:13Jeremiah 5:31Luke 12:20

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Numbers 4:15Daniel 9:26

(18) Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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Psalms 35:6Deuteronomy 32:35Jeremiah 23:12Psalms 37:20Psalms 37:24Psalms 37:35Psalms 37:36Psalms 37:37Psalms 37:38Psalms 55:23Psalms 92:7Psalms 94:23

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Jeremiah 44:25I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9

(19) How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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Psalms 58:9Job 20:5Isaiah 30:13Acts 2:23I Thessalonians 5:3Revelation 18:10Numbers 17:12Numbers 17:13I Samuel 28:20Job 15:21Job 20:23Job 20:24

(20) As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
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Psalms 90:5Job 20:8Isaiah 29:7Isaiah 29:8Psalms 7:6Psalms 78:65Psalms 39:6

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Leviticus 26:1Revelation 13:15Genesis 40:5

(21) Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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Psalms 73:3Psalms 37:1Psalms 37:7Job 16:13Lamentations 3:13

(22) So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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Psalms 69:5Psalms 92:6Proverbs 30:2Ecclesiastes 3:18Psalms 32:9Isaiah 1:3

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Revelation 4:7Leviticus 24:18Revelation 13:4Revelation 13:15

(23) Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
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Psalms 16:8Psalms 23:4Psalms 139:1Psalms 139:2Psalms 139:3Psalms 139:4Psalms 139:5Psalms 139:6Psalms 139:7Psalms 139:8Psalms 139:9Psalms 139:10

(24) Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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Psalms 16:7Psalms 25:9Psalms 32:8Psalms 48:14Psalms 143:8Psalms 143:9Psalms 143:10Proverbs 3:5Proverbs 3:6Proverbs 8:20Isaiah 30:21Isaiah 48:17

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II Samuel 17:14

(25) Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
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Psalms 16:5Psalms 16:11Psalms 17:15Psalms 37:4Psalms 43:4Psalms 63:3Psalms 89:6Matthew 5:8Philippians 3:8I John 3:2Revelation 21:3Revelation 21:22

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Leviticus 23:38

(26) My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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Psalms 63:1Psalms 84:2Psalms 119:81Psalms 119:82Job 13:15II Corinthians 4:8II Corinthians 4:9II Corinthians 4:10II Corinthians 4:16II Corinthians 4:17II Corinthians 4:18Philippians 1:21

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Isaiah 44:12Ezekiel 45:7

(27) For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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Psalms 119:155Job 21:14Job 21:15Isaiah 29:13Jeremiah 12:2Matthew 15:7Matthew 15:8Ephesians 2:13Ephesians 2:17Exodus 34:15Numbers 15:39James 4:4

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Psalms 92:9

(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.
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Psalms 65:4Psalms 84:10Psalms 116:7Lamentations 3:25Lamentations 3:26Luke 15:17Luke 15:18Luke 15:19Luke 15:20Hebrews 10:19Hebrews 10:20Hebrews 10:21

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Psalms 75:1Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18

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