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PSALMS 73
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Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose minds are pure.
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Literally, “hearts.” In Hebrew understanding the heart was where thinking was done.
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But I was stumbling, my feet were starting to slide,
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The psalmist is indicating he was losing faith.
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because I was jealous of self-important people—I saw how well the wicked were doing.
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They don't ever seem to get sick; they are strong and healthy.
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They don't have problems like other people; they don't get hit by disasters like everybody else.
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They wear their pride like a necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
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Their eyes bulge out because they're so fat; their minds are full of selfish vanity.
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Or “from their evil hearts pours out iniquity.”
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They mock people, and speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten cruelty.
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They talk irreverently against heaven above, and defame people here on earth.
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As a result people turn to them and drink in everything they say.
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The Hebrew text is hard to understand: “Therefore he brings back his people here and abundant waters are drained by them.”
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“God won't find out,” they say. “The Most High doesn't even know what's going on!”
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Look at these wicked people! They don't have a care in the world, and they're always making money!
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It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.
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I'm cursed with suffering all day long; every morning I'm punished.
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If I'd talked like this to others, I would have betrayed your people.
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Referring back to what the wicked said in verse 11.
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So I thought about it and tried to understand, but it looked like a lot of hard work to me—
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The psalmist is trying to understand why the wicked prosper.
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until I went into God's Temple. Then I understood what happens to the wicked in the end.
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For you send them on a slippery path; you throw them down to destruction.
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How quickly they're destroyed! They come to a terrifying end.
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Like waking up from a dream, Lord—when you get up you will forget all about them!
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At that time my thoughts were bitter. I felt like I had been stabbed.
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I was stupid and ignorant. I was like a brute beast to you.
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Yet I'm always with you; you hold me by the hand.
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You tell me what to do; and ultimately you will welcome me in glory.
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Who is there in heaven for me except you? And I want nothing on earth except you.
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My body and my mind may fail, but God is the foundation of my life. He is mine forever!
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Those people who are far from God will die. You destroy all those unfaithful to you.
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But I love to stay close to God! I have chosen the Lord God to protect me. I will share all that you have done.