BOOK III

Psalms 73–89

Psalm 73

A psalm of Asaph.

Surely God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.(A)

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From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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21 When my heart was grieved
    and my spirit embittered,

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26 My flesh and my heart(A) may fail,(B)
    but God is the strength(C) of my heart
    and my portion(D) forever.

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They said in their hearts, “We will crush(A) them completely!”
    They burned(B) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

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I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

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They would not be like their ancestors(A)
    a stubborn(B) and rebellious(C) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

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37 their hearts were not loyal(A) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(A)
    with skillful hands he led them.

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12 So I gave them over(A) to their stubborn hearts
    to follow their own devices.

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My soul yearns,(A) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.(B)

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Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)

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11 Teach me your way,(A) Lord,
    that I may rely on your faithfulness;(B)
give me an undivided(C) heart,
    that I may fear(D) your name.

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12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;(A)
    I will glorify your name forever.

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50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[a] been mocked,(A)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have

12 Teach us to number our days,(A)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(B)

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15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,(A)
    and all the upright in heart(B) will follow it.

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“Do not harden your hearts(A) as you did at Meribah,[a](B)
    as you did that day at Massah[b] in the wilderness,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.

10 For forty years(A) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,(B)
    and they have not known my ways.’(C)

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11 Light shines[a](A) on the righteous(B)
    and joy on the upright in heart.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown

I will be careful to lead a blameless life(A)
    when will you come to me?

I will conduct the affairs(B) of my house
    with a blameless heart.

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The perverse of heart(A) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

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Whoever slanders their neighbor(A) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(B) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

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My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(A)
    I forget to eat my food.(B)

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