Sunday, June 19, 2022
Lesson Text: Psalms 73:1-3, 12-13, 16-18, 21-26
King James Version (KJV)
I. THE PSALMIST’S CONFESSION (Psalms 73:1-3)
1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
II. THE PSALMIST’S CONFUSION (Psalms 73:12-13, 16)
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
III. THE PORTION OF THE WICKED (Psalms 73:17-18)
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.
IV. THE PSALMIST’S CONSOLATION (Psalms 73:21-26)
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.