David Guzik commentary on Psalm 73, where the Psalmist Asaph struggles with the contradiction between God's goodness and the prosperity of the wicked.

This is a psalm of great use; it gives us an account of the conflict which the psalmist had with a strong temptation to envy the prosperity of wicked people.

Asaph, who wrote Psalm 73, confesses that seeing prosperity among wicked people brought him bitterness and envy. That nearly caused him to lose trust in God.

"God is good to Israel", verse 1. He then says whom he means by Israel. It is not everyone that lives in that land. It is only those "whose hearts are clean".

In Psa 73:1 the psalmist declares his confidence in God, and, as it were, plants his foot on a rock while he recounts his inward conflict.

Study Psalm 73 using Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning.

30 нояб. 2017 г. · It speaks to the Christian experience. In it, the psalmist Asaph is pouring out his misery. He's discontented because the world is influencing him.

In short, Asaph says that “God is enough” for him. God is the best and to be cherished higher than anything or anyone else. A relationship with Him is to be ...

Before you bail out on God, Asaph wants you to sit with him and learn from his experiences. Consider this godly guidance when you get a raw deal.

The Israel which in every relationship has a good and loving God is limited in Psalm 73:1 to the pure in heart (Psalm 24:4; Matthew 5:8).