What is the meaning of Psalm 73?

Question

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Answer 1

It talks about the difference between righteousness and the "fruit" of the wicked.

Answer 2

Psalm 73 Kjv

Answer 3

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. He begins his account with a sacred principle, which he held fast, and by the help of which he kept his ground and carried his point, Ps 73:1. He then tells us,

1). How he got into the temptation, Ps 73:2-14.

2). How he got out of the temptation and gained a victory over it, Ps 73:15-20.

3). How he got by the temptation and was the better for it, Ps 73:21-23.

If, in singing this psalm, we fortify ourselves against the life temptation, we do not use it in vain.

Answer 4

the occasion of it was a temptation the psalmist fell into, through the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, to think there was nothing in religion, that it was a vain and useless thing; under which he continued until he went into the house of God, and was taught better; when he acknowledged his stupidity and folly, and penned this psalm, to prevent others falling into the same snare, and to set forth the goodness of God to his people, with which it begins.

Answer 5

Thanks for prompting me to look at this wonderful passage! What a message!


Ps 73:3
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
(KJV)

Ps 73:7
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
(KJV)

Ps 73:12-14
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
(KJV)

Ps 73:21-22
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
(KJV)

Ps 73:26-28
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 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.
(KJV)

Answer 6

the occasion of it was a temptation the psalmist fell into, through the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, to think there was nothing in religion, that it was a vain and useless thing; under which he continued until he went into the house of God, and was taught better; when he acknowledged his stupidity and folly, and penned this psalm, to prevent others falling into the same snare, and to set forth the goodness of God to his people, with which it begins.

Answer 7

The bottom line is God is all that we want and need in heaven and on earth!
People without God are on a slippery road but God is good to the good hearted.

Answer 8

It appears to me simply to be a song of praise. The author is saying that it looks on the surface like the bad guys have it easy, and that he was at the point of despair because he was wondering why he stayed true to God. But then, he says that he "entered God's sanctuary" (translating the Hebrew - I don't know your exact translation), and reflected on their true fate. He says that he realized that they will "fall" from their foolishness. He goes on to say that (in my opinion) for a time, he was in a state where he really couldn't see what was going on, and yet even in that state, he realizes that God was with him, and leading him to good things. He ends by stating that those who stay away from God are in trouble, and those who seek God walk in an honorable way.

Answer 9

We are talking about people that believe in a god that was once pleased with animal blood sacrifices and then needed the blood of Christ to wash sins......what more can you say....don't ask them to make sense

Answer 10

God is good to Israel—The wicked and ungodly prosper in this world—They shall be consumed with terrors hereafter—Those who trust in the Lord shall be received up unto glory.