Psalms 73:1
A Psalm of instruction for Asaph. 1 Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, forever? 1 Wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
In Context
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; Asaph the son of Berechiah was one of his brethren; and Ethan the son of Kushaiah was of the sons of Merari their brethren;
1 Chronicles 16:37And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day.
2 Chronicles 29:30And King Hezekiah and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshiped.
Psalms 24:4Show me thy ways, O Lord; 1 And teach me thy paths. 1
Psalms 50:1For the end, a Psalm of David,
Psalms 73:18Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, 1 And a foolish people has provoked thy name. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:1
This psalm, and the ten that next follow it, carry the name of Asaph in the titles of them. If he was the penman of them (as many think), we rightly call them psalms of Asaph. If he was only the chief musician, to whom they were delivered, our marginal reading is right, which calls them psalms for Asaph. It is probable that he penned them; for we read of the words of David and of Asaph the seer, which were used in praising God in Hezekiah's time, 2 Chron. xxix. 30 . Though the Spirit of prophecy by sacred songs… Read the whole commentary →