Psalms 73:12-14

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 speaker in Psalms 73:13 being any individual among them. But it is preferable to regard them as the words of the Psalmist himself, expressing the thoughts which he had been tempted to indulge. (1) The form of the sentence, Behold, such&c., points to a summing up (cp. Job 5:27; Job 8:19-20; Job 18:21); (2) -the wicked" is a more natural designation for the Psalmist than for their own followers to use; (3) there is nothing to shew that the speaker in Psalms 73:15 is another than the speaker in Psalms 73:13; (4) the LXX (followed by the P.B.V.) inserts And I saidat the beginning of Psalms 73:13.