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Verse Psalms 73:10. _THEREFORE HIS PEOPLE RETURN HITHER_] There are
very few verses in the Bible that have been more variously translated
than this; and, like the man in the fable, they have blown th...
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THEREFORE HIS PEOPLE - Those that truly love God; the pious in the
earth.
RETURN HITHER - Return to this subject. In their musings - their
meditations on divine things - they come back to this inquiry...
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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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HIS PEOPLE. God _'_. people.
RETURN. tum: i.e. follow.
HITHER. to us. (Spoken by the wicked.)
ARE. shall be.
WRUNG OUT TO. drained by....
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Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
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A difficult verse. The general sense appears to be that attracted by
the prosperity and pretensions of the wicked a crowd of imitators turn
to follow them, and in their company drink to the dregs the...
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The mass of men are carried away by their evil example....
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THEREFORE HIS PEOPLE RETURN HITHER— _"Therefore God's people falleth
off to them, and from thence they reap no small advantage."_ Green.
Mudge renders it, _Therefore, let his people come before them,...
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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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Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
THEREFORE HIS PEOPLE RETURN HITHER. In consequence of the prosperity
attending the wicked, Yahweh's people () fo...
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73:10 turn (d-4) Or 'Therefore he turns his people.'...
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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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HIS PEOPLE] the followers and imitators of the wicked man. RETURN
HITHER] better, 'turn hither,' after the wicked man's example. Wrung
out to (RV 'by') them] rather, 'are supped up by them.' They drin...
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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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THEREFORE. — The Prayer Book version has undoubtedly caught the
meaning here. It plainly describes the popularity gained (the surest
way) by the self-applause described in the preceding verse. This
ve...
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לָכֵ֤ן׀ _יָשׁ֣וּב_† עַמֹּ֣ו הֲלֹ֑ם וּ
מֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א...
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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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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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10._On this account his people will return hither. _Commentators wrest
this sentence into a variety of meanings. In the first place, as the
relative _his _is used, without an antecedent indicating who...
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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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THEREFORE HIS PEOPLE RETURN HITHER,.... Either the true people of God,
and so the Targum, the people of the Lord, and whom the psalmist owned
for his people; for the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac,...
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Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are
wrung out to them.
Ver. 10. _Therefore his people return hither_] _i.e._ Some good men
are as wise (or rather as foolish) as I have...
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_Therefore his people return hither_ “It seems impossible to
ascertain,” says Dr. Horne, “with any degree of precision, the
meaning of this verse, or to whom it relates. Some think it intends
those pe...
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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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Therefore his people return hither, the multitude of the godless ever
rallying round such an arrogant declaimer of blasphemies and slanders;
AND WATERS OF A FULL CUP ARE WRUNG OUT TO THEM, prosperity...
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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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HIS PEOPLE; either,
1. The people of those wicked blasphemers; all their children, and
servants, and friends, encouraged by their example. Or rather,
2. The people of God, who is oft understood under...
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Psalms 73:10 people H5971 return H7725 (H8799) (H8675) H7725 (H8686)
here H1988 waters H4325 full...
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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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_Therefore His people return hither, and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them._
THE FULL CUP FOR CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE
It is great comfort to meet amid the many references to the ungodly
the me...
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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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Psalms 75:8...
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Turn — To this wicked company. Waters — And partake of the same
prosperity with their leaders. God seems to give them a full cup of
consolation, as if he would wring out all his blessings upon them....