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Psalms 73:1

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalms 73:1 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Truly. Heb. ’ak (see on Ps. 62:1). ’Ak appears also in v. 13 (translated “verily”), and in v. 18 (translated “surely”).

God is good. Despite appearances to the contrary.

“Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings;

I know that God is good!”

WHITTIER, The Eternal Goodness.

This is the conclusion to which the psalmist has come, after a period of great perplexity. The psalm explains how he reached this conclusion.

Of a clean heart. Or, “of a pure heart” (see Ps. 24:4; 51:10; 73:13; Matt. 5:8).

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