“Yet I am always with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward you will take me into glory.”  Psalm 73:23-24
For several weeks now the Lord has been bring these verses to my attention.  So I want to share them with you.  First I need to give some information as to how the writer got to this point.
  
Psalm 73 is about an Israelite who almost slipped from truth and godliness  for eyes were  fixed on the prosperity of the wicked. He tells us in verse 3,
“For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”
To see where his eyes were fixed, read verses 4-12. 
 
He had a hard struggle! As he tells us in Vs. 16-17,
“When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.”
 
In the sanctuary we sense that Psalm 139:23-24 took place,
“Search me, O God , and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
 
Vs. 21-22 were the result,
“For my heart was grieved, embittered, and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder].
So foolish, stupid, and brutish was I, and ignorant: I was like a beast before You.”  The Amplified Bible
 
But this he knew of his God (please refresh your mind with our opening verses),
God’s divine presence--
*‘I am always with You’ (and it is the same with us):
*“The LORD replied, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’” Exodus 33:14
*“Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”  
Joshua 1:9
*“…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 
Matthew 28:20
*“…Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”  Hebrews 13:5
 
God’s divine support--
‘You hold me by my right hand’:
*“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you…”  Deuteronomy 33:27
*“I have set the LORD always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”  Psalm 16:8
*“You give me Your shield of victory, and Your right hand sustains me…”  Psalm 18:35
*“So do  not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”  Isaiah 41:10
*“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you.  I have  made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.  
Isaiah 46:4
 
‘You guide me with Your counsel’--
*“I will praise the LORD, who counsels me, even at night my heart instructs me.”  Psalm 16:7
*“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,  
But he who heeds counsel is wise.”  Proverbs 12:15
*“By pride comes only contention,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.  Proverbs 13:10
 
‘Afterwards You will take me to glory’--
Eternal glory:
*“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far out weights them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”  2 Corinthians 4:17-18
 
There is so much more in these verses, but I leave it to you to begin your own study and meditation.  A start would be to read the verses mentioned in context and see where the Holy Spirit will guide you.  After all He is the One who inspirited the word, therefore, He is the One who will bring forth truth.
 
Thank you Lord that we belong to You!  You are always with us, You are our strength and support, You are our Counselor and at Your appointed time You will bring us home to You.  We can say with the writer,
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”  Psalm 73:26  Amen
 
I repeat here our opening verses:
“Yet I am always with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward you will take me into glory.”  Psalm 73:23-24