Psalm 73:1-3, "Truly God is good to Israel even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked."

V:16-17 says, "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." Then he said, "So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand," PSA 73:22-23.

"Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart." Those whose hearts have been washed "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word," EPH 5:26. Then Asaph goes on to confess his sin by saying, "For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked."

Now watch, it was when he was brought back into the sanctuary, a place of safety, that he was brought into submission to God's providence. He was brought into the sanctuary which was a type of Christ. Asaph saw that the only place of safety, the only sanctuary, was the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the point I am making; when our eyes are lifted to the faith of Jesus Christ, then we come into total surrender to the providence of God.

PSA 73:16-17 says, "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." Then Asaph understood the end of those of whom he was jealous; he was jealous of the prosperity of the wicked, but now he saw that God had left them open to prosperity to the ruin of their souls.