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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 73

Chapter 73

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

(Title

&) of. or, for.

50:1 74:1 83:1 *titles; 1 Chronicles 6:39 15:17 16:7,37 25:1-6 2 Chronicles 29:30

Truly

or, Yet.

2:6 42:11

God

18-28 84:11 Isaiah 63:7-9 Luke 12:32

to such

John 1:47 Romans 2:28,29 4:16 9:6,7

of a clean heart

Heb. clean of heart.

51:10 Jeremiah 4:14 Matthew 5:8 Titus 3:5 James 4:8

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

But

5:7 17:15 35:13 Joshua 24:15 1 Samuel 12:23 1 Chronicles 22:7 Job 21:4

feet

116:8 1 Samuel 2:9 Romans 7:23,24

steps

17:5 38:16 94:18 Job 12:5

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

I was

37:1,7 Job 21:7 Proverbs 3:31 24:1 Jeremiah 12:1 James 4:5

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

no

17:14 Job 21:23,24 24:20 Ecclesiastes 2:16 7:15 Luke 16:22

firm

Heb. fat.

17:10

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

They are

12 Job 21:6 Proverbs 3:11,12 Jeremiah 12:1,2 1 Corinthians 11:32 Hebrews 12:8 Revelation 3:19

in trouble as other

Heb. in the trouble of other. like. Heb. with.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Therefore

Deuteronomy 8:13,14 32:15 Esther 3:1,5,6 5:9-11 Job 21:7-15 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Jeremiah 48:11,29 Ezekiel 28:2-5 Daniel 4:30

as a chain

Judges 8:26 Proverbs 1:9 Song of Solomon 4:9 Isaiah 3:19 Ezekiel 16:11

violence

Proverbs 3:31 *marg:; Proverbs 4:17 Micah 2:1,2 3:5 James 5:4-6

covereth

109:18,29 1 Peter 5:5

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

eyes

17:10 119:70 Job 15:27 Isaiah 3:9 Jeremiah 5:28 Ezekiel 16:49

have, etc

Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart.

12 17:14 1 Samuel 25:2,36 Luke 12:16-19

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

corrupt

53:1-4 Proverbs 30:13,14

speak wickedly

10:2,10,11 12:4,5 Exodus 1:9,10 1 Samuel 13:19 1 Kings 21:7-29 Jeremiah 7:9-11 Hosea 7:16

speak loftily

2 Peter 2:10 Jude 1:16

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

set

Exodus 5:2 2 Chronicles 32:15 Job 21:14 Daniel 3:15 7:25 Revelation 13:6

tongue

52:4 Luke 18:4 James 3:6

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

waters

75:8

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

How

9 10:11 94:7 Job 22:13,14 Ezekiel 8:12 Zephaniah 1:12

is there

44:21 139:1-6 Hosea 7:2

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

these

37:35 52:7 Jeremiah 12:1,2 Luke 16:19 James 5:1-3

prosper

they

17:14 62:10 Jeremiah 5:17,28 Hosea 12:7,8

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Verily

Job 9:27,31 21:15 34:9 35:3 Malachi 3:14

washed

24:4 26:6 51:10 Hebrews 10:19-22 James 4:8

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

For all

34:19 94:12 Job 7:3,4,18 10:3,17 Jeremiah 15:18 Amos 3:2 Hebrews 12:5 1 Peter 1:6

chastened

Heb. my chastisement was.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

offend

1 Samuel 2:24 Malachi 2:8 Matthew 18:6,7 Romans 14:15,21 1 Corinthians 8:11-13

generation

22:30 24:6 1 Peter 2:9

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

When

36:6 77:19 97:2 Proverbs 30:2,3 Ecclesiastes 8:17 Romans 11:33

too painful for me

Heb. labour in mine eyes.

39:6 Luke 18:32-34 John 16:18,19

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Until

27:4 63:2 77:13 119:24,130

then

37:37,38 Job 27:8 Ecclesiastes 8:12,13 Jeremiah 5:31 Luke 12:20 16:22,23

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Surely

35:6 Deuteronomy 32:35 Jeremiah 23:12

thou castedst

37:20,24,35-38 55:23 92:7 94:23 2 Thessalonians 1:9

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

How

58:9 Job 20:5 Isaiah 30:13 Acts 2:23 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Revelation 18:10

they are

Numbers 17:12,13 1 Samuel 28:20 Job 15:21 20:23-25 Proverbs 28:1 Isaiah 21:3,4 Daniel 5:6

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

As a

90:5 Job 20:8 Isaiah 29:7,8

when

7:6 78:65

their

39:6

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

my heart

3 37:1,7

in my

Job 16:13 Lamentations 3:13

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

So

69:5 92:6 Proverbs 30:2 Ecclesiastes 3:18

ignorant

Heb. I knew not. as a.

32:9 Isaiah 1:3

before thee

Heb. with thee.

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Nevertheless

16:8 23:4 139:1-12,18 Genesis 17:1 Matthew 1:23 28:20 Hebrews 13:5

thou hast

37:17,24 63:8 Isaiah 41:10,13 42:1

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Thou

16:7 25:9 32:8 48:14 143:8-10 Proverbs 3:5,6 8:20 Isaiah 30:21 48:17 Isaiah 58:8,11 Luke 11:13 John 16:13 James 1:5

receive

49:15 84:11 Luke 23:46 John 14:3 17:5,24 Acts 7:59 2 Corinthians 5:1 1 Peter 1:4,5

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Whom

16:5,11 17:15 37:4 43:4 63:3 89:6 Matthew 5:8 Philippians 3:8 1 John 3:2 Revelation 21:3,22,23

none upon

42:1,2 104:34 143:6-8 Isaiah 26:8,9 Habakkuk 3:17,18 Matthew 10:37 Philippians 3:8

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

flesh

63:1 84:2 119:81,82 Job 13:15 2 Corinthians 4:8-10,16-18 Philippians 1:21 2 Timothy 4:6-8 2 Peter 1:14

but

18:2 27:14 138:3 Isaiah 40:29-31 2 Corinthians 12:9,10

strength

Heb. rock. portion.

16:5,6 119:57 142:5 Lamentations 3:24 Revelation 21:3,4,7

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

lo

119:155 Job 21:14,15 Isaiah 29:13 Jeremiah 12:2 Matthew 15:7,8 Ephesians 2:13,17

that go

Exodus 34:15 Numbers 15:39 James 4:4 Revelation 17:1-5

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.

But

65:4 84:10 116:7 Lamentations 3:25,26 Luke 15:17-20 Hebrews 10:19-22 James 4:8 1 Peter 3:18

that I may

66:16 71:17,24 107:22 118:17 The LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic, add "in the gates of the daughter of Zion;" which makes a better conclusion; but it is not acknowledged by any MS. yet collated.