Psalm 73:14

God's Ways Vindicated

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Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart
And washed my hands in innocence.
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For all the day long have I been stricken,
And punished every morning. ¹⁵
If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],
I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

All Day Long

Morning by Morning

Job 7:3-4

So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.

Job 7:18

“And that You examine him every morning
And try and test him every moment?

Job 10:3

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,
To despise and reject the work of Your hands,
And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:17

‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

Psalm 34:19

Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous,
But the Lord rescues him from them all.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord,
And whom You teach from Your law,

Jeremiah 15:18

Why has my pain been perpetual
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook
With water that is unreliable?

Amos 3:2

“I have known [chosen, cared for, and loved] only you of all the families of the earth;
Therefore I shall punish you for all your wickedness.”

Hebrews 12:5

and you have forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons,

“My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord,
And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;

1 Peter 1:6

In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,