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Psalm 73
The 2026 edition cites 14 passages touching Psalm 73, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Psalm 73
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 5.5
The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave for a season His own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts…
Psalm 73:1-2
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 175
The duty of Christians, after they have received the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, is seriously to consider how they have behaved themselves therein, and…
Psalm 73:2-3
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 105
The sins forbidden in the first commandment are atheism, in denying, or not having a God; idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with, or…
Psalm 73:3
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 142
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is…
Psalm 73:13
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 172
One who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation to the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, may have true interest in Christ, though he be not…
Psalm 73:13-15
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 105
The sins forbidden in the first commandment are atheism, in denying, or not having a God; idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with, or…
Psalm 73:14-15
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 113
The sins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God’s name as is required; and the abuse of it in an ignorant, vain, irreverent, profane…
Psalm 73:15
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 18.4
True believers may have the assurance of their salvation divers ways shaken, diminished, and intermitted; as, by negligence in preserving of it, by falling…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 81
Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may…
Psalm 73:22
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 105
The sins forbidden in the first commandment are atheism, in denying, or not having a God; idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with, or…
Psalm 73:22-23
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 172
One who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation to the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, may have true interest in Christ, though he be not…
Psalm 73:23
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 81
Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may…
Psalm 73:24-28
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 1
Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him for ever.
Psalm 73:25
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 104printed Ps. 123:25: printed 'Ps. 123:25' among the proofs of LC 104 on page B-20; Psalm 123 has four verses, and the Westminster Larger Catechism's proof for 'desiring of him' in Q.104 is Ps. 73:25 — which is exactly the slot the printed list puts this reference in, after Deut. 6:5 for 'loving' and before Isa. 8:13 for 'fearing' — reviewed by Bryan Schneider, 2026-08-26
The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him…
Psalm 73:25-28
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 1
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.