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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
waters
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
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
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
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
when
their
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
my heart
in my
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.
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.