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Psalm chapter 73 verse 28,

but for me it is good to be near God.

I have made the Lord God my refuge that I may tell all your works.

I love Psalm 73. I remember distinctly when I was in college

hearing this chapter preached and the impact it had on me.

So from the very beginning of the Psalm, the Psalmist is saying,

I almost fell away from God.

My faith almost faltered to use his exact words in Psalm 73 verse 2.

As for me, my feet had almost stumbled.

My steps had nearly slipped.

Why, verse 3, because I was envious of the arrogant,

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

In other words, the Psalmist says, I looked around me in the world,

and I saw people prospering who were defying God,

who were living in evil and wickedness, and they were prospering.

And basically the Psalmist is saying, I don't get it.

I'm struggling. They're prospering.

And I'm the one trusting in God.

I'm the one trying to live for righteousness.

And I see those who are living for wickedness seem to be doing well

in so many different ways.

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