Psalms 73:21

"For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart."

Key Reflection

"For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart," reflects David's deep emotional distress and dissatisfaction with God’s apparent treatment of the wicked, highlighting his struggle with faith amidst perceived injustice. This verse underscores the complexity of maintaining trust in a suffering context.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thus my heart was grieved -literally, and more expressively, “was soured.” The meaning is, that his heart was grieved, pained, dissatisfied. His mind was embittered, and he was rendered unhappy, by the views which he cherished about God, as doubting the wisdom and justice of his dealings with people - and about people, as being envious at their prosperity. And I was pricked in my reins -The reins are often in the Scriptures represented as the seat of the thoughts or affections. See the notes atPsalms 7:9. The word rendered “pricked” means to sharpen, as a sword; and then, to pierce and penetrate as a sword does.

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