Psalms 73 - Introduction

Psalms 73: PSALMS 73-89. THE THIRD OR LEVITICUS BOOK*. THE SANCTUARY. 73-83. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO MAN. 84-89. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO JEHOVAH. 73-83. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO MAN.. 73. THE EFFECT OF BEING OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY. OCCUPATION OF HEART WITH OTHERS, AND CONSEQUENT DISTRACTION. 74. THE ENEMY IN THE SANCTUARY. 75. GOD''S ANOINTED IN THE SANCTUARY. 76. DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE SANCTUARY. 77-78. THE EFFECT OF BEING OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY. OCCUPATION OF HEART WITH SELF, AND CONSEQUENT MISERY. 78 IS INSTRUCTION (Machil AS TO 73 AND 77, SHOWING HOW JEHOVAH FORSOOK "SHILOH" (v. 60), And Choose Not JOSEPH (v. 67):But Choose ZION (vv. Psa 73:68, Psa 73:69), And Choose DAVID (vv. Psa 73:70-72). Psa 73:79. THE ENEMY IN THE SANCTUARY. 80, 81:82. GOD IN THE SANCTUARY. 83. DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE SANCTUARY. 84 89. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO JEHOVAH. 84-85. THE BLESSEDNESS OF APPROACHERS TO THE SANCTUARY. 86. PRAYER BEFORE GOD (IN THE SANCTUARY). MESSIAH''S HUMILIATION THE SECRET AND SOURCE OF THE BLESSING. 87. BLESSEDNESS OF DWELLERS IN ZION. 88. PRAYER BEFORE GOD. INSTRUCTION (Maschil AS TO MESSIAH''S HUMILIATION, AS THE SECRET AND SOURCE OF THE BLESSING. 89. THE BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE WHO "KNOW THE JOYFUL SOUND" (v. 15). GOD IN THE ASSEMBLY OF HIS SAINTS (v. 7). INSTRUCTION AS TO GOD''S DEALINGS IN HIS SANCTUARY, AS TO THE WHOLE BOOK. * LEVITICUS is the title which man has given to the third book of the Pentateuch, because of its subject-matter:viz. the ordinances, &c, pertaining to the Levites. The title in the Hebrew Canon is (vayyikra''), "AND HE CALLED" It is emphatically the Book of the SANCTUARY. It tells how God is to be approached; and teaches us that none can worship except such as are "called" (Psalms 65:4), and whom "the Father seeks to worship Him" (John 4:23; John 4:24). In Leviticus 1:1; Leviticus 1:2, we see the exemplification of the words:"Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest, and causest to approach unto Thee, that he may dwell in Thy courts:we shall be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, even of Thy holy temple" (Psalms 65:4). The types in Leviticus are types of the Sanctuary:i. e. of Access and Worship. In this Leviticus-Book of the Psalms we find the corresponding thought. Its teaching is Dispensational, as in the other books; but, in this, the counsels of God are seen, not in relation to Man (as in Genesis), not in relation to the Nation (as in Exodus), but in relation to the SANCTUARY, which is mentioned or referred to in nearly every Psalm of this third book. The Sanctuary is seen from its ruin, to its establishment in the fullness of blessing. In the first Division (73-83) Elohim (Appdx-4. I) occurs sixty-five times (twice with Jehovah); and Jehovah only fifteen times. In the second Division (84-89) Jehovah occurs fifty times, and Elohim only twenty-eight times (four of which are with Jehovah). El (Appdx-4. IV) occurs five times. All the Psalms in the first Division (73-83) are Psalms of Asaph. Maschil. See Appdx-65. XI. All the Psalms (except 86 and 89) in the second Division (84-89) are Psalms of the sons of Korah. 73-89. THE LEVITICUS BOOK. 73-83. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO MAN. This Third Book has to do with the Sanctuary; as the First Book (1-41) had to do with Man; and the Second Book (42-72) had to do with Israel.