{"id":4990,"date":"2015-08-06T00:19:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T00:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2015-08-07T01:59:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T01:59:51","slug":"tehillim-psalms-73-part-1-suffering-for-the-sake-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-73-part-1-suffering-for-the-sake-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 73, Part 1, Suffering for the Sake of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YvUuUr7a8oA&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s study from <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 73:1-28<\/span><\/em>, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0\u00a0\u00a0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e1\u05b8\u05e3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A psalm of Asaph. 73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Who is Asaph?\u00a0 He continues saying, \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05d8 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d8\u05b8\u05d5\u05bb\u05d9 [\u05e0\u05b8\u05d8\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc] \u05e8\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05bb\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05bb\u05d4 [\u05e9\u05c1\u05bb\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05bb\u05d5] \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05bb\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d2\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e7\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d4: \u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d7\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e6\u05bb\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd: \u05d4\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05b1\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e0\u05bb\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. 73:3 For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 73:4 For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat. 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 He continues saying that they adorn themselves with pride and violence (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:6<\/span><\/em>) and that their eyes bulged with fatness (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:7<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 What is the significance of eyes that bulge with fatness?\u00a0 The unrighteous mock (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:8<\/span><\/em>), speak against the heavens (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:9<\/span><\/em>), and question whether God knows and where is knowledge of God (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:11<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Asaph speaks of the wicked who are at ease and increase in wealth (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:12<\/span><\/em>), and it is as if he has kept his heart pure in vane (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:13<\/span><\/em>) because of his hardship (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">73:14-15<\/span><\/em>).Read more here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tehillim-73-Part1.pdf\">Tehillim 73-Part1<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YvUuUr7a8oA&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;] In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 73:1-28, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0\u00a0\u00a0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e1\u05b8\u05e3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d1: A psalm of Asaph. 73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! (NASB)\u00a0 Who is Asaph?\u00a0 He continues saying, \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05d8 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d8\u05b8\u05d5\u05bb\u05d9 [\u05e0\u05b8\u05d8\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc] \u05e8\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehillim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}