Salmi 73:17-27

17 finché non sono entrato nel santuario di Dio, e non ho considerata la fine di costoro.

18 Certo, tu li metti in luoghi sdrucciolevoli, tu li fai cadere in rovina.

19 Come sono stati distrutti in un momento, portati via, consumati per casi spaventevoli!

20 Come avviene d’un sogno quand’uno si sveglia, così tu, o Signore, quando ti desterai, sprezzerai la loro vana apparenza.

21 Quando il mio cuore s’inacerbiva ed io mi sentivo trafitto internamente,

22 ero insensato e senza conoscimento; io ero verso di te come una bestia.

23 Ma pure, io resto del continuo con te; tu m’hai preso per la man destra;

24 tu mi condurrai col tuo consiglio, e poi mi riceverai in gloria.

25 Chi ho io in cielo fuori di te? E sulla terra non desidero che te.

26 La mia carne e il mio cuore posson venir meno, ma Dio è la ròcca del mio cuore e la mia parte in eterno.

27 Poiché, ecco, quelli che s’allontanan da te periranno; tu distruggi chiunque, fornicando, ti abbandona.

Salmi 73:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 73

\\<>\\. It seems by the title that Asaph was the penman of this psalm, as it is certain that he was a composer of psalms and hymns; see 2Ch 29:30, though it may be rendered, "a psalm for Asaph", or "unto Asaph" {a}; and might have David for its author, as some think, who, having penned it, sent it to Asaph, to be made use of by him in public service; see 1Ch 16:7, and so the Targum paraphrases it, ``a song by the hands of Asaph;'' 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.