September 20, 2026

The Goodness of God |  Psalm 73

1. Why is it helpful for us that in this Lament Psalm, and many other times in scripture, we don't know exactly how the author was suffering?

2. In verse 1, Asaph establishes that "God is good to Israel." How does his struggle in the subsequent verses demonstrate the gap between what we know to be true theologically and what we feel to be true experientially?

3. Asaph admits his feet had "almost stumbled (slipped)" because he envied the arrogant. What are the modern-day equivalents of the "prosperity of the wicked" that might cause a believer's faith to slip today?

4. Verse 17 marks the ultimate pivot: "until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end." What does it look like practically for us to "enter the sanctuary" when our vision is clouded by envy or suffering?

5. Verse 25 states, "there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you." What competing desires in our current culture make it hardest to genuinely echo this statement?