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Verse Psalms 73:12. _THESE_ ARE _THE UNGODLY_] The people still speak.
It is the ungodly that prosper, the irreligious and profane....
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BEHOLD, THESE ARE THE UNGODLY, WHO PROSPER IN THE WORLD - This is also
to be understood as the language of the good man perplexed and
embarrassed by the fact that the wicked are prosperous and happy....
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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 t...
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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
UNGODLY. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha_. (No Art.)
THE WORLD. this age....
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Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
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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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Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches.
-The mental conflict which resulted in the Psalmist's mind from the
anomalous prosperity of sinners.
Verse 12. BEH...
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73:12 world. (e-11) Or 'and they are ever at rest' (i.e. careless).
see Ezekiel 23:42 ....
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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 Psalm...
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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".
(MATTHEW 6:20) (*Heaven is the home of...
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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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הִנֵּה ־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְ
שַׁלְוֵ֥י עֹ֝ולָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ
־חָֽיִל׃...
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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 g...
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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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Ages. He is eternal, and hath long ago made choice of us. (Menochius)
--- Earth. Publicly rescuing his people from Egypt, (Kimchi) and
shewing his power over all the earth. (Calmet) --- The Fathers
un...
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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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12._Behold! these are the ungodly. _The Psalmist here shows, as it
were by a vivid pictorial representation, the character of that envy
which had well nigh overthrown him. _Behold! _says he, _these ar...
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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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BEHOLD, THESE ARE THE UNGODLY,.... Who say and do as before declared;
such as these must be without the knowledge of God, the fear, love,
and worship of him: who prosper in the world; in worldly and t...
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_Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase [in] riches._
Ver. 12. _Behold, these are the ungodly_] _q.d._ If God do take
knowledge of things here below, and ordereth al...
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_Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world_ This is their
condition and behaviour in it. “The temptation is now stated in its
full force. As if he had said, These worthless, ungodly, blas...
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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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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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THESE ARE THE UNGODLY; this is their condition and carriage in it.
These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter, and
preparing his passage to the other part of the Psalm....
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Psalms 73:12 ungodly H7563 ease H7961 H5769 increase H7685 (H8689)
riches H2428
these - Psalms 37:35, Psalms 52:7; Jeremiah 12:1-2; Luke 16:19; James
5:1-3
prosper -...
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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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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 wicke...
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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 shoul...
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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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Hosea 12:7; Hosea 12:8; James 5:1; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 12:2;
Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 5:28; Luke 16:19; Psalms 17:14; Psalms 37:35;...
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Behold — These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the
matter....