Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace.

From even to eternity, the Bible tells one big story of redemption.

My name is Tiffany, and I want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through the Bible chronologically.

Together, we will explore God's sovereign plan as the events of Scripture unfold and point to Jesus.

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Tiffany here. Today, we are back in the Psalms as we take a look at some of the Psalms written by ASAP.

Yesterday, we studied 1 Chronicles 6, where we read the names of the Levites who were pointed as musicians.

ASAP's Psalms, similar to the sons of Korah, were written for corporate singing.

But, though the community sang them together, each Psalm encourages the right conduct and praise of the individual as well.

As we look at ASAP's Psalms, we will also note their prophetic quality as they point our hearts toward Christ.

Today, we will look at three different types of Psalms, wisdom, lament, and historical.

And in each one, we will be reminded of God's character and see glimpses of Christ.

We start today with Psalm 73. This was known as a wisdom Psalm.

It begins by stating the truth. God is good to Israel and to the pure and heart.

But then, the Psalm turns as the Psalmist and all those who sing it realize that they are in danger of going astray

because they see the wicked continually prosper.

In verses 4 through 12, we read in what ways the wicked prosper.

The Psalmist says they have it easy, they are well-fed, they are wealthy, and their pride is rewarded.

In essence, if they prosper so, why not join them?

Does this sound at all familiar to us in the 21st century today?

We still see the wicked prosper, even today, and we can be tempted to think that the grass is greener on their side of the fence.

But as we continue to read, we see how this complaint against the wicked turns to one of understanding and heart change in light of God's presence.

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