Guard Your Reaction

Not having reacted well to what he saw, Asaph admitted: “For my heart was soured and in my kidneys I was sharply pained,

Psalm 73:21

Dwelling on the material prosperity of the wicked and on the suffering of the upright can sour a person’s heart or embitter him. Deep inside​—in his kidneys—​Asaph’s turmoil over this situation caused him great pain.