Psalms 73:1
Yes, God is good to the upright, the Lord to the pure in heart.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
In Context
2But my feet were almost gone, my steps had nearly slipped,
Cross References
Psalms 24:4The clean of hands, the pure of heart, who sets not their heart upon sinful things, nor swears with intent to deceive:
Psalms 50:1The Lord God has spoken: He summons the earth from sunrise to sunset.
Psalms 73:18Yes, you set them on slippery places; down to destruction you hurl them.
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 →