Psalms 73:21

Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. The poor and the needy will praise your name.

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In The King James Version

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

In Context

20Consider your covenant. For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses.

22Rise up, O God, judge your own case. Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:1A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.

Psalms 73:3Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!

Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:16-21

The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →

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