Psalms 73:13-22

13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.
14 All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
20 They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.
21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

Cross References 15

  • 1. S Job 9:29-31; S Job 21:15; Job 34:9
  • 2. S Genesis 44:16; Psalms 26:6
  • 3. ver 5
  • 4. Ecclesiastes 8:17
  • 5. Exodus 15:17; Psalms 15:1; Psalms 77:13
  • 6. S Job 8:13; Philippians 3:19; Psalms 37:38
  • 7. S Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalms 35:6
  • 8. S Psalms 17:13
  • 9. Deuteronomy 28:20; Proverbs 24:22; Isaiah 47:11
  • 10. S Genesis 19:15
  • 11. S Job 20:8
  • 12. Psalms 78:65; Isaiah 29:8
  • 13. Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19
  • 14. Psalms 49:10; Psalms 92:6; Psalms 94:8
  • 15. Ecclesiastes 9:12,20">Ps 4Ecclesiastes 9:12,20; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ecclesiastes 9:12
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