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Verse Psalms 73:3. _I WAS ENVIOUS AT THE FOOLISH_] I saw persons who
_worshipped not_ the true God, and others who were _abandoned to_ _all
vices_, in possession of every temporal comfort, while the...
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FOR I WAS ENVIOUS AT THE FOOLISH - The word “foolish” here refers
to sinners. It may either refer to them as foolish, or as proud,
insolent, vain - for so the word is elsewhere used. See Psalms 14:1....
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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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FOOLISH. arrogant, or boasters.
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._...
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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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For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
FOR I WAS ENVIOUS AT THE FOOLISH - Hebrew, 'the foolishly insolent'
or 'haughty' [from haalal (H1984), to boast foolishly...
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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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FOOLISH. — Better, _arrogant._
WHEN I SAW. — Perhaps the conjunction is wrongly supplied, and the
word “saw” here is synonymous with “envied” in the first
clause. (Comp. Latin _invideo._)...
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כִּֽי ־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽ † הֹולְלִ֑ים
שְׁלֹ֖ום רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃...
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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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_Hands. Hebrew, "feet," (Montanus; Haydock) or "strokes," phehamec.
(Berthier) --- "The elevation of thy feet (thy foot-stool, or temple;
Calmet) is destroyed unto the end;" (St. Jerome) or "for victo...
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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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3._For I envied the foolish _(154) Here he declares the nature of the
temptation with which he was assailed. It consisted in this, that when
he saw the present prosperous state of the wicked, and from...
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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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FOR I WAS ENVIOUS AT THE FOOLISH,.... The atheists, as in
Psalms 14:1, who deny the creation, as Arama; the wicked, as after
explained, as all wicked men are, how wise soever they may be in
things na...
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_For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the
wicked._
Ver. 3. _For I was envious at the foolish_] Heb. at the
_braggadocios,_ the vain glorious, the mad boasters; _factabundi...
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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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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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I grudged and murmured at it, and had a secret desire to partake of
their delicates....
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Psalms 73:3 envious H7065 (H8765) boastful H1984 (H8802) saw H7200
(H8799) prosperity H7965 wicked H7563
I was - Psalms 37:1, Psalms 37:7; Job 21:7; Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs
24:1;...
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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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James 4:5; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 21:7; Proverbs 24:1; Proverbs 3:31;
Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7...