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Verse Psalms 73:2. _MY FEET WERE ALMOST GONE_] I had nearly given up
my confidence. I was ready to find fault with the dispensations of
providence; and thought the Judge of all the earth did not do ri...
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BUT AS FOR ME - literally, “And I.” The meaning is, “And I, who
so confidently now trust in God, and believe that he is good, was
formerly in a far different state of mind; I was so hesitating, so
tro...
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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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ME. Note the emphasis on this (by repetition of the first Person),
which is the key to the Psalm.
ALMOST. quickly. See note on Proverbs 5:14.
GONE. stumbled....
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The Psalmist begins by stating the conclusion to which he had been led
through the trial of his faith....
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Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
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But the Psalmist had almost lost his faith in God's goodness. He had
as it were all but swerved from the right path (Psalms 44:18); all but
lost his footing in the slippery places of life's journey (P...
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MY FEET WERE ALMOST GONE— By these figurative expressions the
Psalmist means, that he began to stagger in his faith, and was in
danger of falling into a disbelief of God's providence. The _foolish_
an...
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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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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
BUT AS FOR ME, MY FEET WERE ALMOST GONE. The "as for me" is emphatic.
I say this not without personal experience of the diff...
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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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וַ אֲנִ֗י כִּ֭ מְעַט _נָטָ֣יוּ_†
רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝...
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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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_Mount. St. Augustine reads montem, (Calmet) as the Hebrew may also
signify. "This Mount Sion, thou hast dwelt in it." (Montanus)
(Haydock) --- What injury has it done? (Calmet) --- The more
enlighten...
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The Psalmist here opens the subject which had so much tended to
stagger his faith. It appears, the question which arose in his mind,
and gave him such uneasy thoughts concerning God's providence, was,...
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2._As for me, etc. _Literally, it is, _And I: _which ought to be read
with emphasis; for David means that those temptations, which cast an
affront upon the honor of God, and overwhelm faith, not only...
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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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BUT AS FOR ME,.... Who am one of the Israel of God whose heart has
been renewed and purified by the grace of God, and to whom he has been
kind and good in a thousand instances; yet, ungrateful creatur...
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
Ver. 2. _But as for me, my feet were almost gone_] _i.e._ I was well
nigh brought to believe that there was no Divine providen...
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_But as for me_ Yet I must acknowledge with grief and shame,
concerning myself, that notwithstanding all my knowledge of this
truth, and my own experience and observation of God's dealings with me
and...
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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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But as for me, his own person being set forward emphatically as an
example, MY FEET WERE ALMOST GONE, almost he had stumbled and
tottered; MY STEPS HAD WELL-NIGH SLIPPED, he had been in great danger
o...
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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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Yet I must acknowledge this with grief and shame concerning myself;
notwithstanding all my knowledge of this truth, and my own experience
and observation of God's gracious dealings with me, and other...
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Psalms 73:2 feet H7272 almost H4592 stumbled H5186 (H8804) (H8675)
H5186 (H8803) steps H838 nearly...
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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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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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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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_But am for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well nigh
slipped._
SPIRITUAL CRISES
The problems of human life and destiny pressed sore upon the mind of
the good and thoughtful Asaph, the wr...
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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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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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1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 2:9; Job 12:5; Job 21:4;...
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My feet — My faith in God's providence, was almost overthrown....