Psalm 73: The prosperity of the wicked

Our speaker during Family Bible Hour was Mr Charlie Fizer.  He is shown in the picture with his wife, Darlene, and Helen's granddaughter, Celeste. Mr Fizer's message was based on Psalm 73:

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
 ²But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
 ³For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
 ⁴For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
 ⁵They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
 ⁶Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
 ⁷Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
 ⁸They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
 ⁹They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
 ¹⁰Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
 ¹¹And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
 ¹²Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
 ¹³Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
 ¹⁴For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
 ¹⁵If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
 ¹⁶When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
 ¹⁷Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
 ¹⁸Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
 ¹⁹How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
 ²⁰As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
 ²¹Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
 ²²So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
 ²³Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
 ²⁴Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
 ²⁵Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
 ²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
 ²⁷For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
 ²⁸But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Mr Fizer's message answers the ageless question of why the wicked prosper.  His message is available on DVD. 
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Our special guests, Don and Betty Mullins