By DR . R O Y B. Z U C K
the chaff which the wind drives away. Yet, they seem stable and secure in this life. We say Cod is holy, righteous and true, but how can we reconcile the fact that the faithful seem to have to go through such troubles. Asaph, the author of 12 Psalms, was a musician in Solomon's temple. He recounts his struggle with this problem in the 73rd Psalm. Like many of the Psalms this
one begins with his conclusion. What a testimony, "Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart." Such was not always relevant and realistic in his thinking. Verse two shows that he had been losing confidence and, in fact, almost hit a spiritual "ba nana peel." He had been envious at the haughty and foolish pros perity of the wicked. He began wondering, "What is so great about Page 15
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