Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 73:23
Nevertheless I [am] continually (m) with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
(m) By faith I was assured that your providence always watched over me to preserve me.
Nevertheless I [am] continually (m) with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
(m) By faith I was assured that your providence always watched over me to preserve me.
Verse Psalms 73:23. _I AM CONTINUALLY WITH THEE_] I now see that myself and my people are under thy guardian care; that we are continually upheld by thee; and while in thy _right hand_, we shall not b...
NEVERTHELESS, I AM CONTINUALLY WITH THEE - I am kept by thee in the land of the living; I am permitted to abide in thy presence; I am allowed to hope in thy mercy. Notwithstanding my low and unworthy...
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...
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...
NEVERTHELESS I. Note the emphasis on Pronoun, according to the Structure, (Psalms 73:23) and (Psalms 73:28), "As for me, I"....
The _positive_solution of the Psalmist's perplexity: the only true and abiding happiness is to be found in fellowship with God....
_Nevertheless_ Lit., _But as for me, I am_&c. Render, Whereas I am &c. He contrasts his real position of fellowship with God with his former delusion and also with the insecurity of the wicked. _thou...
Faith triumphant in the conviction of an ultimate judgement and the consciousness of the supreme blessedness of fellowship with God....
DISCOURSE: 625 THE CHRISTIAN’S EXPERIENCE AND HOPES Psalms 73:23. _I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to...
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...
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. -He condemns his past beastlike folly and expresses his assurance of God's presence and guidance, notwithstanding his folly. Verse 21. THU...
73:23 holden (i-9) Properly 'seized.'...
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...
THOU HAST HOLDEN, etc.] Though the grasp of faith on God may waver, fellowship with Him depends most of all on His grasp of His people....
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". ...
וַ אֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּ יַ
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,...
The true place in which to form a right estimate of life is where Asaph found it-in the sanctuary of God; because from its elevation and the purity of its atmosphere, one can take into view the unseen...
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...
Enemies. Septuagint and St. Augustine read, "servants," and the ancient psalters, "supplicants," (Calmet) which seems to be a mistake of transcribers, (Berthier) as it is contrary to the Hebrew, Chald...
It were a pity to separate these verses, and the devout and happy frame which appears through the whole of them. Reader! what a thought is that one, Nevertheless I am continually with, thee! An union...
23_Nevertheless I was continually with thee. _(205) Here the Psalmist declares, in a different sense, that he was _with God. _He gives him thanks for having kept him from utterly falling, when he was...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, I AM CONTINUALLY WITH THEE,.... Upon the heart of God, in his hands, under his eye, under his wings of protection and care, and not suffered to depart from him finally and totally; he co...
Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand. Ver. 23. _Nevertheless I am continually with thee_] Or, yet I was always with thee, _sc._ when at worst. Infirmities...
_Nevertheless_ Notwithstanding all my temptations, and my gross folly in yielding to them; _I am continually with thee_ In thy favour and under thy care. Although I gave thee just cause to cast me off...
Nevertheless I am continually with Thee, in spite of all the offense given by the unbelievers and their apparent good fortune; THOU HAST HOLDEN ME BY MY RIGHT HAND, keeping the believer from falling,...
The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discon...
NEVERTHELESS; notwithstanding all my temptations, and my gross folly in yielding to them. I AM CONTINUALLY WITH THEE; either, 1. In a way of duty. Yet I did not depart from thee, nor from thy ways; b...
Psalms 73:23 continually H8548 hold H270 (H8804) right H3225 hand H3027 Nevertheless - Psalms 16:8,...
Psalms 73:22 I. Consider the character and condition of this man at first, and before he was turned to the Lord: "So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee." He acted the fool beca...
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...
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....
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...
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...
«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...
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...
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...
_If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of Thy children._ SEARCHING AND FINDING RELIEF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION . Searching for relief in the right direction (Psalm...
_Nevertheless I am continually with Thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand._ THE CHRISTIAN’S PORTION Four privileges of God’s servants are mentioned in the text. I. His presence with them--His...
_So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee._ FLESH AND SPIRIT A RIDDLE What secrets of inward experience we have in our text. Consider-- I. The confessions concerning the flesh....
_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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:21 Even when the singer harbored his bitter thoughts, God still had a firm hold on him: I AM CONTINUALLY WITH YOU; YOU HOLD MY RIGHT HAND. During the singer’s earthly life, you...
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...
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...
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...
Genesis 17:1; Hebrews 13:5; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:13; Isaiah 42:1;...