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Verse Psalms 73:14. _FOR ALL THE DAY LONG HAVE I BEEN PLAGUED_] Far
from enjoying worldly prosperity, we are not only _poor_, but we are
_afflicted_ also; and every _succeeding day_ brings with it som...
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FOR ALL THE DAY LONG - Continually. All my life.
HAVE I BEEN PLAGUED - Smitten; afflicted; troubled. My life has been a
life of trial. I have not known prosperity.
AND CHASTENED EVERY MORNING - Margi...
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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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EVERY MORNING. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for
"continually"....
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Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
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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...
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_For_&c. Apparently the recompence of his piety has been continual
chastisement. The wicked are not plagued (Psalms 73:5), but for him
there has been constant renewal of divinely inflicted sufferings....
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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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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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(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...
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וָ אֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כָּל ־הַ יֹּ֑ום וְ֝
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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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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...
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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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Ethiopians. Or to enrich the Arabs. (Menochius) --- Hebrew Tsiim, is
understood of sailors, and "fishermen, &c., Psalm lxxi. 9. Some
nations of Ethiopia are said to be cannibals; but they were too
dis...
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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...
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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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FOR ALL THE DAY LONG HAVE I BEEN PLAGUED,.... "Smitten or scourged" p,
as in Psalms 73:5, that is, afflicted of God; which is no ways
inconsistent with his love, nor with his covenant, nor with an
int...
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For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Ver. 14. _For all the day long have I been plagued_] God's
best-beloved are most afflicted, neither have any out of hell ever
su...
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_Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain_, &c. Hence I have been
tempted to think, that religion is a vain and unprofitable thing; that
“all my faith, my charity, and my devotion; all my watching and...
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The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
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For all the day long have I been plagued, buffeted with troubles on
every hand, AND CHASTENED EVERY MORNING, some new visitation of the
Lord striking him with every new day. The psalmist, however, gua...
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CHASTENED:
_ Heb._ my chastisement was...
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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...
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Whilst their ungodliness hath been attended with constant prosperity,
my piety hath been exercised with continual afflictions....
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Psalms 73:14 day H3117 plagued H5060 (H8803) chastened H8433 morning
H1242
For all - Psalms 34:19,...
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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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«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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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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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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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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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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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 73:13 ALL IN VAIN HAVE I KEPT MY HEART CLEAN.
The singer feels that it has been worthless to practice faithfulness.
The faithful are STRICKEN, all the day long
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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...