In Psalms, chapter seventy-three, verses one through twenty-eight, the psalm deals with a disturbing problem: though God is sovereign and just the wicked often prosper, as in verses three to twelve, while those who serve God seem to suffer more, as in verses thirteen through fourteen. The psalmist, who serves God faithfully, as in verses one and thirteen, has become discouraged when he compares his afflictions with the apparent ease and happiness of many of the wicked, as in verses two to three. However, his confidence in God and His ways gain restoration when God reveals the tragic end of the corrupt and the true blessing of the righteous, as in verses sixteen through twenty-eight.
The theme chapter under the God Delivers the Righteous section depicts the differences between the godly and ungodly. The enemy’s deception is to fool the people of God into believing that this is the way they see it and tempt them to leave this straight and narrow path of God and come to the broad worldly pathway of life. The strategy of Satan is to con all people, especially believers, from serving God to serve him and be lost in the end eventually. The devil used this method in the Garden of Eden and is still camouflaging things against the godly and ungodly today.
God is good to Israel is the theme title. The wicked have to serve whatever they are under to continue that lifestyle, only to succumb to the consequences that await them in the end. The ungodly, who appear to have everything going for them, follow instructions to maintain that worldly way of life until they are no longer serviceable. However, God is good to Israel and His people because He works out our lives for our good to be with Him.