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Verse Psalms 73:26. _MY FLESH - FAILETH_] I shall soon die: _and my
heart _- even my natural courage, will fail; and no support but what
is _supernatural_ will then be available. Therefore, he adds, -...
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MY FLESH AND MY HEART FAILETH - Flesh and heart here seem to refer to
the whole man, body and soul; and the idea is, that his powers of body
and mind failed; were spent; were exhausted. This seems to...
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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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STRENGTH. Hebrew zur. rock, or refuge....
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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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The _positive_solution of the Psalmist's perplexity: the only true and
abiding happiness is to be found in fellowship with God....
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_God is the strength of my heart_ Lit., the rock of my heart. Though
bodily and mental powers fail, God is his sure refuge in every danger
(Psalms 62:2; Psalms 62:6-7), the possession which cannot be...
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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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Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee.
-His joy in God as his portion, in contrast to the final destruction
of all who go from God.
Verse 25. WHOM...
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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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MY FLESH AND MY HEART] both the outer and the inner man. Though both
of these should perish, something would yet remain in eternal union
with God....
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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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כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּ לְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר
־לְבָבִ֥י...
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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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My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my
heart, and my (o) portion for ever.
(o) He teaches us to deny ourselves, to have God our whole
sufficiency, and only contentment....
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It were a pity to separate these verses, and the devout and happy
frame which appears through the whole of them. Reader! what a thought
is that one, Nevertheless I am continually with, thee! An union...
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26._My flesh and my heart have failed. _Some understand the first part
of the verse as meaning that David’s heart and flesh failed him
through the ardent desire with which he was actuated; and they th...
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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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MY FLESH AND MY HEART FAILETH,.... Either through vehement desires of
communion with God deferred, see Psalms 84:2 or through afflictive
dispensations of Providence, being smitten and chastened contin...
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_My flesh and my heart faileth_ I find, by sad experience, my own
weakness and inability to encounter such temptations, and bear, with
becoming patience and resignation, such troubles, as I frequently...
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The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
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My flesh and my heart faileth, they faint, pine, dwindle away under
the attacks of misery and tribulation; BUT GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF: MY
HEART, the dependable Rock of his faith, AND MY PORTION FOREVE...
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STRENGTH:
_ Heb._ rock...
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21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace
were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them
gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discon...
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In myself, I confess I am a poor weak creature, and my body and spirit
may fail and be ready to faint under such temptations and tribulations
as these, and I know I shall shortly return to the dust, o...
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Psalms 73:26 flesh H7607 heart H3824 fail H3615 (H8804) God H430
strength H6697 heart H3824 portion H2506 forever...
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Psalms 73:26
I. Life and immortality, we are told, were brought to light by the
Gospel. But the immortality of the soul was not first taught and
believed when our Lord confuted Sadducean unbelief, or...
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Psalms 73:25
I. God is the Christian's inheritance as the light of his intellect.
II. God is the Christian's inheritance as the refuge of his
conscience.
III. God is the Christian's inheritance as...
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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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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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_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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_My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,
and my portion for ever._
IMMORTALITY
The especial point of this whole psalm lies in the contrast between
the present and the futu...
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_Whom have I in heaven but Thee?_
end there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.
GOD THE ONLY PORTION
“Whom have I in heaven but Thee?” Not “what.” Not in things,
but in persons, the perso...
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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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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 73:21 Even when the singer harbored his bitter
thoughts, God still had a firm hold on him: I AM CONTINUALLY WITH YOU;
YOU HOLD MY RIGHT HAND. During the singer’s earthly life, you...
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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 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2
Corinthians 4:8;...