Today we continue our reading in the Old Testament book of Psalms in the Amplified Bible translation with Psalm chapter 73 from the Word of God.
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[00:00:04] Psalm 73, The Beginning of Book 3, A Psalm of Asaph Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, my steps had almost slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant, as I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
[00:00:33] For there are no pains in their death, their body is fat and pampered. They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace, violence covers them like a garment, like a long luxurious robe. Their eye bulges from fatness, they have more than the heart desires.
[00:01:03] The imaginations of their mind run riot with foolishness. They mock and wickedly speak of oppression. They speak loftily with malice. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue swaggers through the earth.
[00:01:23] Therefore his people return to this place, and waters of abundance offered by the irreverent are blindly drunk by them. They say,
[00:02:05] And punished every morning. If I had said, I will say this, and expressed my feelings, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. When I considered how to understand this, it was too great an effort for me, and too painful, until I came into the sanctuary of God. Then I understood, for I considered their end.
[00:02:36] Surely you set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places. You cast them down to destruction. How they are destroyed in a moment. They are completely swept away by sudden terrors, like a dream which seems real until one awakens. O Lord, when stirred, you observe the wicked. You will despise their image.
[00:03:06] When my heart was embittered, and I was pierced within, as with the fang of an adder, then I was senseless and ignorant. I was like a beast before you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have taken hold of my right hand. You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to honor and glory.
[00:03:36] Whom have I in heaven but you? And besides you, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever. For behold, those who are far from you will perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful
[00:04:05] and have abandoned you. But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God. I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him that I may tell of all your works. Thank you for tuning in to the The Audio Bible Podcast today. This has been Psalm chapter 73 from the Word of God. Thank you.