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Verse Psalms 73:16. _WHEN I THOUGHT TO KNOW THIS_] When I reviewed
the history of our fathers, I saw that, though thou hadst from time to
time hidden thy face because of their sins, yet thou hadst ne...
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WHEN I THOUGHT TO KNOW THIS - When I endeavored to comprehend this, or
to explain it to myself. The idea is that he “thought” on the
subject, or “meditated” on it with a view to be able to understand...
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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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THOUGHT. pondered [it]. Compare the same word in Psalms 77:5.
KNOW. reconcile, or understand.
TOO PAINFUL FOR ME. vexation in mine eyes....
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Instead of parading his doubts, he wrestled with them until in the
sanctuary the solution of them was revealed to him....
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And I kept thinking how to understand this:
It was misery In mine eyes:
Until I went into the sanctuary of God,
And considered their latter end.
As he kept pondering how to reconcile the facts of...
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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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DISCOURSE: 624
PROSPERITY OF SINNERS NOT TO BE ENVIED
Psalms 73:16. _When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I their end._
TO u...
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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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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...
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73:16 task (f-14) 'Labour,' 'trouble.' 'hardships,' ver. 5....
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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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TO KNOW] RV 'how I might, know.'...
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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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WHEN I THOUGHT..._ — i.e., when I reflected in order to know this_
— when I tried to think the matter out, get at the bottom of it.
(For the sense of the verb, comp. Psalms 78:5; Proverbs 16:9.)
IT W...
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וָֽ֭ אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָ דַ֣עַת זֹ֑את
עָמָ֖ל _ה֣וּא_†...
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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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_Morning. Aurora. Hebrew, "the light," which existed before the sun.
(Berthier) --- Yet most understand the moon, (Calmet) or, in general,
"the luminaries." (St. Jerome) (Haydock)_...
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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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_THE RECTIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE SANCTUARY_
‘Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me,
until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I the end of
these men.’
Psalms 73...
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16._Although I applied my mind to know this. _The first verb
חשב,_chashab, _which he employs, properly signifies _to reckon _or
_count, _and sometimes _to consider _or _weigh. _But the words which
fol...
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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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WHEN I THOUGHT TO KNOW THIS,.... How to reconcile the prosperity of
the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, to the perfections
of God, and his wise providence in the government of the world,...
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_When I thought to know this_ To find out the reason and meaning of
this mysterious course of Divine Providence, _it was too painful for
me_ I found it too hard a task to attain satisfaction, as to th...
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The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
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When I thought to know this, to get a satisfactory explanation of the
riddle presented in the situation, IT WAS TOO PAINFUL FOR ME, his
pondering remained a toil, did not offer him a satisfactory solu...
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IT WAS TOO PAINFUL FOR ME:
_ Heb._ it was labour in mine eyes...
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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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TO KNOW THIS; to find out the reason of this mysterious course of thy
providence. IT WAS TOO PAINFUL FOR ME; I was gravelled with the
difficulty....
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Psalms 73:16 thought H2803 (H8762) understand H3045 (H8800) painful
H5999 me H5869
When - Psal
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Psalms 73:16
The rectifying influence of the sanctuary.
There has been some little difference of opinion among expositors as
to the precise reference of the word here translated "sanctuary."
Literall...
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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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_When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went
into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end._
THE RECTIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE SANCTUARY
It is not perfectly clear what...
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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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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 73:16 The inner conflict is made worse by how
WEARISOME it is TO UNDERSTAND THIS: it seems impossible. But when the
singer goes INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD, whe
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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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Ecclesiastes 8:17; John 16:18; John 16:19; Luke 18:32; Proverbs 30:2
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To know — To find out the reason of this providence....