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Verse Psalms 73:18. _THOU DIDST SET THEM IN SLIPPERY PLACES_]
Affluence is a slippery path; few have ever walked in it without
_falling_. It is possible to be _faithful_ in the _unrighteous
mammon_,...
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SURELY THOU DIDST SET THEM IN SLIPPERY PLACES - Not in a solid and
permanent position; not where their foothold would be secure, but as
on smooth and slippery rocks, where they would be liable any mom...
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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...
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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...
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SURELY. See note on "Truly", Psalms 73:1.
DIDST SET. wilt set....
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Faith triumphant in the conviction of an ultimate judgement and the
consciousness of the supreme blessedness of fellowship with God....
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Surely in slippery places dost thou appoint their lot:
Suddenly dost thou cast them down into ruin.
_Surely_, as in Psalms 73:1_; Psalms 73:13_, means -after all." They
are set in dangerous places wh...
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The awful fate of the wicked is the _negative_solution of the problem....
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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...
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
-The victory which he gained over his doubts in the sanctuary when he
understood the end of the godless.
Verse 17. UNTIL I WENT...
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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...
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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". ...
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אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭ חֲלָקֹות תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מֹו
הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם...
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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,...
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The true place in which to form a right estimate of life is where
Asaph found it-in the sanctuary of God; because from its elevation and
the purity of its atmosphere, one can take into view the unseen...
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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...
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_This. "Congregation." (Theodoret) --- Septuagint add, "thy creature."
Hebrew is feminine. But it is used instead of our neuter. (Calmet) ---
Consider this insolent language; the enemy, &c., ver. 22....
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Reader! do mark what it was which the Lord blessed to the mind of his
servant: namely, his visits to the sanctuary. It is in God's house
that we are brought acquainted with God's ways. The secret of t...
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18._Surely thou hast set them in slippery places. _David, having now
gone through his conflicts, begins, if we may use the expression, to
be a new man; and he speaks with a quiet and composed mind, be...
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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...
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SURELY THOU DIDST SET THEM IN SLIPPERY PLACES,.... In which a man
cannot stand long, and without danger; and the higher they are the
more dangerous, being slippery, and such are places of honour and
r...
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Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down
into destruction.
Ver. 18. _Surely thou didst set them in slippery places_] Where they
can have no more certainty than if they w...
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_Thou didst set them in slippery places_ Their happiness hath no firm
foundation; it is very unstable, like a man's standing on very
slippery ground. _Thou castedst them down into destruction_ The sam...
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The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
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Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places, they who believed
themselves so safe and secure against misfortune were in reality in
danger of slipping every moment; THOU CASTEDST THEM DOWN INTO
DESTR...
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15-20 The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows
how faith and grace prevailed. He kept up respect for God's people,
and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had...
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Psalms 73:18 set H7896 (H8799) places H2513 down H5307 (H8689)
destruction H4876
Surely - Psal
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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«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...
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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...
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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...
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_If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of Thy children._
SEARCHING AND FINDING RELIEF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
. Searching for relief in the right direction (Psalm...
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_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...
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SLIPPERY PLACES
Slippery places. Psalms 73:18.
I expect you think they are about the happiest places in the world and
I quite agree with you. What a high old time you can have when the
frost comes a...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:18 Here is “their end” (v. Psalms
73:17): God has SET the arrogant IN SLIPPERY PLACES, so that
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 1:9; Deuteronomy 32:35; Jeremiah 23:12; Psalms 35:6;...