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Verse Psalms 73:11. _THEY SAY, HOW DOTH GOD KNOW?_] My people are so
stumbled with the prosperity of the wicked, that they are ready in
their temptation to say, "Surely, God cannot know these things,...
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AND THEY SAY - His people say. The connection demands this
interpretation. The meaning is, that his people, as they return again
and again to this subject Psalms 73:10, are constrained to put this
que...
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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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HOW... ? IS THERE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _Elyon._ App-4....
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Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
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The mass of men are carried away by their evil example....
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The speakers in this verse are not -the wicked," but the deluded mass
of their followers described in Psalms 73:10. They adopt the language
of their leaders, and question God's knowledge of their doin...
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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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And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most
High?
AND THEY SAY, HOW DOTH GOD KNOW? - (; .) The apostates, finding that
not only not punishment, but even prosperity, ensues...
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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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וְֽ אָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע ־אֵ֑ל וְ
יֵ֖שׁ
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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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And they (f) say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the
most High?
(f) Thus the flesh moves even the godly to dispute with God concerning
their poor estate, and the prosperity of the wicke...
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_Ever. Why dost thou delay to heap favours on us, and destruction on
thy adversaries? We are most grieved at the injury done to thy name.
(Calmet)_...
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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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11._And they say, How doth God know? _Some commentators maintain that
the Prophet here returns to the ungodly, and relates the scoffings and
blasphemies with which they stimulate and stir up themselve...
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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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AND THEY SAY, HOW DOTH GOD KNOW?.... Owning there is a God, but
questioning his knowledge; for the words are not an inquiry about the
way and manner of his knowing things; which is not by the senses,...
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And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most
High?
Ver. 11. _And they say, How doth God know?_] Even the godly, through
infirmity, are drawn sometimes to doubt God's providence...
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_And they say_ Namely, the ungodly, described in the preceding verses,
(verse the 10th coming in by way of parenthesis,) or the people
confederate with them, or that fall back to them. For these and s...
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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...
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And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most
High? They try to deceive themselves and others into the belief that
God pays no attention to their wickedness in its various
manife...
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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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THEY; either,
1. The godly. Or rather,
2. Those wicked ones, whose words and actions he hath been hitherto
describing, or the people confederate with them. For these and
such-like opinions are oft 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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«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 73:4 This section describes the apparently
carefree lives of the arrogant wicked of v. Psalms 73:3. Verse...
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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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Ezekiel 8:12; Hosea 7:2; Job 22:13; Job 22:14; Psalms 139:1;...