1 | Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart. | Ps 50:1 Ps 74:1 Ps 83:1 1Ch 6:39 1Ch 15:17 1Ch 16:7 1Ch 16:37 1Ch 25:1-6 2Ch 29:30 |
2 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. | Ps 5:7 Ps 17:15 Ps 35:13 Jsh 24:15 1Sa 12:23 1Ch 22:7 Jb 21:4 |
3 | For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | Ps 37:1 Ps 37:7 Jb 21:7 Pr 3:31 Pr 24:1 Jer 12:1 Jm 4:5 |
4 | For there are no struggles in their death, But their strength is firm. | Ps 17:14 Jb 21:23 Jb 21:24 Jb 24:20 Ec 2:16 Ec 7:15 Lk 16:22 |
5 | They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men. | Ps 73:12 Jb 21:6 Pr 3:11 Pr 3:12 Jer 12:1 Jer 12:2 1Co 11:32 Heb 12:8 Rev 3:19 |
6 | Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. | Dt 8:13 Dt 8:14 Dt 32:15 Es 3:1 Es 3:5 Es 3:6 Es 5:9-11 Jb 21:7-15 Ec 8:11 Jer 48:11 Jer 48:29 Ezk 28:2-5 Dn 4:30 |
7 | Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. | Ps 17:10 Ps 119:70 Jb 15:27 Isa 3:9 Jer 5:28 Ezk 16:49 |
8 | They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. | Ps 53:1-4 Pr 30:13 Pr 30:14 |
9 | They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. | Ex 5:2 2Ch 32:15 Jb 21:14 Dn 3:15 Dn 7:25 Rev 13:6 |
10 | Therefore their people return to them, And they drink up waters of abundance. | Ps 75:8 |
11 | They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" | Ps 73:9 Ps 10:11 Ps 94:7 Jb 22:13 Jb 22:14 Ezk 8:12 Zep 1:12 |
12 | Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. | Ps 37:35 Ps 52:7 Jer 12:1 Jer 12:2 Lk 16:19 Jm 5:1-3 |
13 | Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence, | Jb 9:27 Jb 9:31 Jb 21:15 Jb 34:9 Jb 35:3 Mal 3:14 |
14 | For all day long have I been plagued, And punished every morning. | Ps 34:19 Ps 94:12 Jb 7:3 Jb 7:4 Jb 7:18 Jb 10:3 Jb 10:17 Jer 15:18 Am 3:2 Heb 12:5 1Pe 1:6 |
15 | If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. | 1Sa 2:24 Mal 2:8 Mt 18:6 Mt 18:7 Ro 14:15 Ro 14:21 1Co 8:11-13 |
16 | When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me; | Ps 36:6 Ps 77:19 Ps 97:2 Pr 30:2 Pr 30:3 Ec 8:17 Ro 11:33 |
17 | Until I entered God`s sanctuary, And considered their latter end. | Ps 27:4 Ps 63:2 Ps 77:13 Ps 119:24 Ps 119:130 |
18 | Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. | Ps 35:6 Dt 32:35 Jer 23:12 |
19 | How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. | Ps 58:9 Jb 20:5 Isa 30:13 Ac 2:23 1Th 5:3 Rev 18:10 |
20 | As a dream when one wakes up, So, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. | Ps 90:5 Jb 20:8 Isa 29:7 Isa 29:8 |
21 | For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. | Ps 73:3 Ps 37:1 Ps 37:7 |
22 | I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. | Ps 69:5 Ps 92:6 Pr 30:2 Ec 3:18 |
23 | Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. | Ps 16:8 Ps 23:4 Ps 139:1-12 Ps 139:18-12 Gn 17:1 Mt 1:23 Mt 28:20 Heb 13:5 |
24 | You will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. | Ps 16:7 Ps 25:9 Ps 32:8 Ps 48:14 Ps 143:8-10 Pr 3:5 Pr 3:6 Pr 8:20 Isa 30:21 Isa 48:17 Isa 58:8 Isa 58:11 Lk 11:13 Jn 16:13 Jm 1:5 |
25 | Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you. | Ps 16:5 Ps 16:11 Ps 17:15 Ps 37:4 Ps 43:4 Ps 63:3 Ps 89:6 Mt 5:8 Php 3:8 1Jn 3:2 Rev 21:3 Rev 21:22 Rev 21:23 |
26 | My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | Ps 63:1 Ps 84:2 Ps 119:81 Ps 119:82 Jb 13:15 2Co 4:8-10 2Co 4:16-18 Php 1:21 2Ti 4:6-8 2Pe 1:14 |
27 | For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. | Ps 119:155 Jb 21:14 Jb 21:15 Isa 29:13 Jer 12:2 Mt 15:7 Mt 15:8 Eph 2:13 Eph 2:17 |
28 | But 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. Psalm 74 A contemplation by Asaph. | Ps 65:4 Ps 84:10 Ps 116:7 Lam 3:25 Lam 3:26 Lk 15:17-20 Heb 10:19-22 Jm 4:8 1Pe 3:18 |