Day 116 (Psalm 73, 77-78) - Year 8

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Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity

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🗓️ 26 April 2026

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0:00.0	Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.
0:12.0	In the first half of Psalm 73, the psalmist Asaph bemoans the prosperity of the wicked. He's
0:18.2	watching their lives and he sees them flourishing. As I was reading this,
0:22.4	I wondered about Asaf's life as he was putting pen to scroll. Is he thriving too, or is he struggling?
0:29.4	Is he comparing himself to the wicked, frustrated that they're getting all the things he thinks he
0:33.7	deserves? Is this jealousy? Or is it a desire for justice? What's happening in his heart?
0:40.7	Asaph does some digging in his heart, and his perspective shifts as soon as he goes to worship God.
0:46.5	That's when Asaf remembers what has eternal value, and earthly prosperity isn't on that list.
0:52.6	He remembers that nearness to God is what truly feeds his soul.
0:56.9	Asaph had to take his eyes off others, and possibly off himself as well, before his heart could
1:01.9	shift. He confessed to God that before his heart changed, he was a bitter man and it shaped the way he
1:07.0	viewed God. In verses 21 through 22, he says, when my soul was embittered, when I was
1:13.3	pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast toward you. In Hebrews, the phrase,
1:20.6	when I was pricked in heart, actually says something more along the lines of, I felt stabbed in my kidneys.
1:26.9	It's less poetic and more graphic, but you can probably relate. I, I felt stabbed in my kidneys. It's less poetic and more graphic,
1:28.7	but you can probably relate. I've certainly felt stabbed in my kidneys before.
1:33.3	What Asaph says in a roundabout way is that when he was bitter, his view of God was not a good
1:38.1	one. He was like a beast toward God he couldn't be reasoned with. Do you know someone who's
1:43.0	like that toward God? There's a good
1:45.2	chance that their bitterness is the result of some deep wound, something they feel is lacking in their
1:50.4	life. Otherwise, they'd probably be more nonchalant and matter of fact about their lack of interest
1:55.3	in God. Their response wouldn't be brutish and beastly, like Asaph's. The good news for those people is that Asaf
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