Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness; as they do in some fat persons, though not in others. The meaning is, they live in great plenty and prosperity, as the next clause explains it.
Their eyes stand out with fatness; as they do in some fat persons, though not in others. The meaning is, they live in great plenty and prosperity, as the next clause explains it.
Verse Psalms 73:7. _THEIR EYES STAND OUT WITH FATNESS_] "Their countenance is changed because of fatness."-_Chaldee_. By fatness, or corpulency, the natural lines of the face are _changed_, or rather...
THEIR EYES STAND OUT WITH FATNESS - As the fruit of their high living. They are not weakened and emaciated by toil and want, as other men often are. Compare the notes at Psalms 17:10. THEY HAVE MORE T...
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...
STAND OUT. protrude. THEY HAVE, &C.: or The imaginations of their heart overflow. COULD WISH. could picture, or imagine. Hebrew. _maskith._ See note on Proverbs 25:11....
Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
The cause: the unbroken prosperity of the godless. Cp. Job's indignant complaint, Psalms 21:7 ff....
According to the Massoretic Text the first line describes the insolent look of these sleek-faced villains. Cp. Job 15:27. But the LXX and Syr. represent a different reading, which suits the probable s...
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...
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. THEIR EYES STAND OUT WITH FATNESS. They are so pampered with rich living that their very eyes stand out with the fatness of...
RENDER, 'Their iniquity cometh forth from the heart: the imaginations of their mind overflow.'...
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". ...
STAND OUT WITH FATNESS. — Literally, _go out from fat._ Which, if referring to the appearance, is exactly the opposite to what we should expect. _Sunken in fat_ would express the idea of gross sensual...
יָ֭צָא מֵ חֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מֹו עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיֹּ֥ות...
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...
_Name. That temple, which was the only one consecrated to thee. (Haydock) --- All persecutors seek to destroy the places of true worship. (Worthington)_...
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...
7._Their eye goeth out for fatness. _(167) He now adds, that it is not wonderful to see the ungodly breaking forth with such violence and cruelty, since, by reason of fatness and pampering, their eyes...
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...
Ver. 7 THEIR EYES STAND OUT WITH FATNESS,.... Or their face, the eyes being put for the whole face; so the Targum, "their face is changed, because of fatness;'' see Job 15:27, otherwise through fatn...
_Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish._ Ver. 7. _Their eyes stand out with fatness_] The Chaldee hath it, the similitude of their face is changed through fatness. S...
_They are not in trouble as other men_ They escape even common calamities. _Therefore pride compasseth them about_ Discovers itself on every side, in their countenances, speech, behaviour. _Their eyes...
Their eyes stand out with fatness, this again being a picture of vigor due to prosperity; THEY HAVE MORE THAN HEART COULD WISH, literally, "are revealed the imaginations of their hearts," that is, the...
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...
THEY HAVE MORE THEN HEART COULD WISH: _ Heb._ they pass the thoughts of the heart...
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 73:7 eyes H5869 bulge H3318 (H8804) abundance H2459 more H5674 (H8804) heart H3824 wish H4906 e
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...
«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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Samuel 25:36; Ezekiel 16:49; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 5:28