Psalms 73:1
“BOOK III. A psalm of Asaph.” Truly God is good to Israel,—To those who are pure in heart.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
In Context
2Yet my feet almost gave way; My steps had well nigh slipped:
Cross References
Psalms 24:4He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; Who hath not inclined his soul to falsehood, Nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 50:1“A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.
Psalms 73:18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.
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 →