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Psalm_073 · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 1: Psalm seventy three, a psalm by Aesap. Surely God is
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  Speaker 1: good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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  Speaker 1: But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my
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  Speaker 1: steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the
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  Speaker 1: arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For
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  Speaker 1: there are no struggles in their death, but their strength
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  Speaker 1: is firm. They are free from burdens of men. Neither
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  Speaker 1: are they plagued like other men. Therefore, pride is like
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  Speaker 1: a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
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  Speaker 1: Their eyes bulge with fat, their minds pass the limits
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  Speaker 1: of conceit. They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance.
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  Speaker 1: They threaten oppression. They have set their mouth in the heavens,
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  Speaker 1: their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore, their people return
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  Speaker 1: to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. They say,
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  Speaker 1: how does God know? Is their knowledge in the most high? Behold,
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  Speaker 1: these are the wicked, Being always at ease, they increase
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  Speaker 1: in riches. Surely in vain, I have cleansed my heart
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  Speaker 1: and washed my hands in innocence. For all day long
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  Speaker 1: have I been plagued and punished every morning. If I
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  Speaker 1: had said, I will speak thus behold, I would have
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  Speaker 1: betrayed the generation of your children. When I tried to
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  Speaker 1: understand this, it was too painful for me until I
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  Speaker 1: entered God's sanctuary and considered their latter end. Surely you
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  Speaker 1: set them in slippery places, you throw them down to destruction.
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  Speaker 1: How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away
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  Speaker 1: with terrors as a dream when one wakes up. So Lord,
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  Speaker 1: when you awake, you will despise their phantasies. For my
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  Speaker 1: soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. I
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  Speaker 1: was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast
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  Speaker 1: before you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have
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  Speaker 1: held my right hand. You will guide me with your counsel,
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  Speaker 1: and afterward receive me to glory. Who do I have
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  Speaker 1: in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I
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  Speaker 1: desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fails. But
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  Speaker 1: God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, those who are far from you shall perish.
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  Speaker 1: You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
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  Speaker 1: But it is good for me to come close to God.
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  Speaker 1: I have made the Lord Yahweh, my refuge, that I
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  Speaker 1: may tell of all your works.