Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 73:12
These are the ungodly; this is their condition and carriage in it. These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter, and preparing his passage to the other part of the Psalm.
These are the ungodly; this is their condition and carriage in it. These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter, and preparing his passage to the other part of the Psalm.
Verse Psalms 73:12. _THESE_ ARE _THE UNGODLY_] The people still speak. It is the ungodly that prosper, the irreligious and profane....
BEHOLD, THESE ARE THE UNGODLY, WHO PROSPER IN THE WORLD - This is also to be understood as the language of the good man perplexed and embarrassed by the fact that the wicked are prosperous and happy....
III. THE LEVITICUS SECTION: BOOK THREE: PSALM 73-89 The third division of the book of Psalms corresponds in character to the third book of the Pentateuch, the book of Leviticus. That is the book of th...
BOOK III. PSS. LXXIII.- LXXXIX. LXXIII. The Hope of Immortality. Here the Psalter reaches its highest elevation. Job, in Job 19:25 f.*, believes that God will vindicate his innocence even after death...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. UNGODLY. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha_. (No Art.) THE WORLD. this age....
Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
Behold, such are the wicked! And being always at ease they have gotten much substance. _At ease_is a favourite word in Job: e.g. Job 3:26; Psalms 12:6 (A.V. _prosper_); Job 16:12;...
The Psalmist's temptation as he contemplated the scene. Some commentators regard these verses as the continuation of the speech in Psalms 73:11, giving the thoughts of the followers of the wicked, the...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE THIRD Psalms 73 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Temptation, arising from the Prosperity of the Lawless, Triumphantly Overcome. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 73:1-5, Under Protest, the Psalmist...
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. -The mental conflict which resulted in the Psalmist's mind from the anomalous prosperity of sinners. Verse 12. BEH...
73:12 world. (e-11) Or 'and they are ever at rest' (i.e. careless). see Ezekiel 23:42 ....
BOOK 3 There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah. The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of Psalms...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE PSALMS OF DAVID (BOOK 3). NOW I UNDERSTAND PSALMS 73 Jesus said, "Make sure that your valuable things are in *heaven". ...
(11-14) The mutual relation of these verses has been the subject of many conflicting opinions. The following is the arrangement that seems preferable — “And people say, How shall God know? And does t...
הִנֵּה ־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְ שַׁלְוֵ֥י עֹ֝ולָ֗ם...
Psalms 73:1 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 49:1. It tells how the prosperity of the godless,...
DECEPTIVE PROSPERITY Psalms 73:1 The opening psalms of this third Book of Psalms are by Asaph; see 2 Chronicles 29:30. The r.v. margin substitutes _only_ for _surely_ in Psalms 73:1. There is none go...
The marginal reading, "Only good is God to Israel," indicates the real value of the song. Israel has no other good, and needs no other. Yet it is not always easy to realize this, and the psalmist tell...
Ages. He is eternal, and hath long ago made choice of us. (Menochius) --- Earth. Publicly rescuing his people from Egypt, (Kimchi) and shewing his power over all the earth. (Calmet) --- The Fathers un...
He here draws the outlines of the prosperity of the wicked: they have all carnal enjoyments, the good things brought forth by the sun, and the precious things put forth by the moon: they have plenty o...
12._Behold! these are the ungodly. _The Psalmist here shows, as it were by a vivid pictorial representation, the character of that envy which had well nigh overthrown him. _Behold! _says he, _these ar...
BOOK 3 - PSALMS 73-89 In the Third Book we get out into a larger sphere than the state of the residue of the Jews in the last days, whether in Jerusalem or driven out; and hence we find much less of t...
BEHOLD, THESE ARE THE UNGODLY,.... Who say and do as before declared; such as these must be without the knowledge of God, the fear, love, and worship of him: who prosper in the world; in worldly and t...
_Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches._ Ver. 12. _Behold, these are the ungodly_] _q.d._ If God do take knowledge of things here below, and ordereth al...
_Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world_ This is their condition and behaviour in it. “The temptation is now stated in its full force. As if he had said, These worthless, ungodly, blas...
COMFORT AND WARNING CONCERNING THE OFFENSE GIVEN BY THE GOOD FORTUNE OF THE GODLESS. A psalm of Asaph, one of the choirmasters of David, 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 25:2. A Reflection upon the...
Behold, these are the ungodly, as here briefly characterized they are found at all times, WHO PROSPER IN THE WORLD, boasting of their success; THEY INCREASE IN RICHES, they possess everything which th...
1-14 The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tried the graces of many saints. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved...
Psalms 73:12 ungodly H7563 ease H7961 H5769 increase H7685 (H8689) riches H2428 these - Psa
Psalms 73 First, there is in this Psalm a description of the prosperity of the wicked, and of that hauteur and pride which they in their prosperity manifested, then of the afflictions of the godly, o...
You may have noticed that the 73 rd Psalm and the 37 th Psalm are on the same subject; it will help you to recall this fact if you remember that the figures are the same, only reversed. Psalms 73:1....
Here you have the psalmist in a fainting fit. He has allowed the flesh to conquer the spirit. The observant eye of reason has for awhile rendered dim the clear vision of faith. Psalms 73:1. _Truly Go...
The psalmist here works out the problem of the prosperity of the wicked. He was troubled in his own mind about it; he knew that he feared God, but he also knew that he was greatly tried, whereas he sa...
«A Psalm Of Asaph.» He was a great singer, but he could not always sing. In the first part of the Psalm he felt rather like groaning than singing; and you shall find that those who sing the sweetest t...
CONTENTS: The temptation to envy the prosperity of wicked people and how to fortify ones self against it. The awful fate of the ungodly. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: Observing that many wicked...
The third book of Hebrew psalms begins here. It opens with a psalm of Asaph, the noble singer and musician of the temple. 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 25:1. Eleven other psalms bear his name. Hezek...
_Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart._ THE TROUBLE OF ASAPH In human biographies men are wont to cover up their heroes’ imperfections. They see no reason why they should...
_Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches._ PAGANIZED CHRISTIANITY The trouble with us is that in our everyday life we do not make our faith vital enough. We b...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:1. This is a wisdom psalm. God’s people should trust him even when it seems unbelievers do not suffer because of their sin. They should remember the contrasting outcomes...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:4 This section describes the apparently carefree lives of the arrogant wicked of v. Psalms 73:3. Verse...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph,”_ or, as in the margin, “_for Asaph_.” See introduction to Psalms 50. _Subject_.—The mental difficulties arising from the contemplation of the tempora...
EXPOSITION THIS is the first of the "Psalms of Asaph," whereof the present book contains eleven. They are characterized by a preponderating use of the name "Elohim" over that of" Jehovah," by a great...
Psa 73:1-28 begins with an affirmation of a basic foundational truth concerning God. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart (Psalms 73:1). It is important that we have basi...
Hosea 12:7; Hosea 12:8; James 5:1; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 12:2;...
Behold — These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter....