(Through The Bible) – Book Of Psalms (Part 2): Zac Poonen (Transcript)

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Zac Poonen – Bible Teacher

We will continue our study in the book of Psalms.

We now move to the third book of the Psalms, which begins in Psalm 73.

PSALM 73, again I would just like to quickly go through some of the really good verses in the rest of the Psalms.

Psalm 73 deals with this big question: Why do the wicked prosper and why do the righteous people suffer? It is a question that many, many people have asked through the centuries. And Asaph, who wrote this Psalm, many of the Psalms in this section are written by Asaph, the song leader. And he is very honest and he says in verse 2, my feet almost slipped. There is an honesty in the Psalms, which is why the Psalms are so good to read. People are absolutely honest. There is no pretense there.

I almost slipped. I had questions. I was jealous of the prosperity verse 3 of the wicked. And he says, at one time I thought, what is the use, verse 13, keeping my heart clean. It is a waste of time living a holy life.

But, he says, I kept quiet about it. I kept these thoughts to myself. Verse 15, I didn’t tell anybody. If I had told anybody, then I would have offended a lot of other younger believers.