🎤 Psalm 73 Song - Bitter [OLD VERSION]

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This Psalm reads like a personal testimony- (a story to describe one's own struggles and faith).
In this instance, the Psalmist is tempted to be jealous, since the ungodly seem to get whatever they want, they have strong bodies, they have lots of followers, and seem to be able to deceive others without any consequence. They don't have any cares, and their wealth just keeps growing.
As he continues to consider the state of his mind, he feels bad for even thinking these things. How can he think this way, when he's responsible for others- is he being false to the children he teaches?
So he goes to the temple, and there he realizes that the wicked are on slippery ground. They're like a bad dream, they will face an ultimate destruction some day. They are not getting away with it all.
Now the Psalmist recalls how he felt so bitter toward God, ignorant, self-centered, like an animal without sense. But he knows that even in that state, God was still honourable to him.
He ends with praising God, since he has so much to be thankful for!
This is a beautiful Psalm, and I'm sure we can all relate. Life often seems unfair, and evil people do seem to get away with their behaviour for a little while. But serving God last forever.
Amen!
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Psalm 73
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to the upright,
to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;
my steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pain;
their bodies are sound and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not plagued like other people.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them like a garment.
7 Their eyes swell out with fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
8 They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues range over the earth.
10 Therefore the people turn and praise them,
and find no fault in them.
11 And they say, ‘How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?’
12 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
13 All in vain I have kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I have been plagued,
and am punished every morning.
15 If I had said, ‘I will talk on in this way’,
I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.
16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I perceived their end.
18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
20 They are like a dream when one awakes;
on awaking you despise their phantoms.
21 When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast towards you.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterwards you will receive me with honour.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
27 Indeed, those who are far from you will perish;
you put an end to those who are false to you.
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
to tell of all your works.
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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[@averagejoesportico]

Thanks Jason Silver for putting ALL the words of this Psalm and others to beautiful music. What a blessing you have brought to those who have found your gift to us and honor to God. 🙌👏🙏❤️‍🔥

[@JasonSilverMusic]

Thank you for the kind encouragement, Joe. I'm glad you are enjoying my work. God bless you!

[@maryfajemilua5305]

Love this song ❤️❤️🙌🏾

[@acousticpsalms]

I love the build on this song... and the cymbal swell when the Psalmist enters the house of the Lord to get the eternal perspective. Beautiful. I'm working on a Psalm 73 song right now. This song really tells a story so it needs music that also tells a story. Bless you my brother.

[@JasonSilverMusic]

Thanks brother. I'm sending an email

[@janvidmar7827]

The beauty of this i can not comprihend

[@jdlstoryteller]

I absolutely LOVE the tune and arrangement on this one. Starting with no instruments to show the loneliness and isolation, and then using the instruments as they draw the lyricist back towards the light. Utter beauty, my friend!

[@Timusa]

Great observation! Utter beauty indeed!

[@lucyyoung77777]

WONDERFUL

[@TheNorma]

You make awesome music