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Verse Psalms 73:6. _PRIDE COMPASSETH THEM ABOUT AS A CHAIN_] Perhaps
there is an allusion here to the office which some of them bore.
_Chains_ _of gold_, and _golden rings_, were ensigns of magistracy...
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THEREFORE PRIDE COMPASSETH THEM ABOUT AS A CHAIN - Therefore they are
proud, haughty, imperious. They put on the ornaments and trappings of
pride; their clothing and their adorning all are indicative...
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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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CHAIN. necklace....
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Faith tried by the sight of the prosperity of the wicked....
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THEREFORE PRIDE COMPASSETH THEM, &C.— That is, _They are holden,_ as
the other translation has it, or _they are wholly possessed with
pride:_ in like manner, as their necks are encompassed with a gold...
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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 pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth
them as a garment.
THEREFORE PRIDE COMPASSETH THEM ABOUT AS A CHAIN - as a
neck-ornament. A stiff, uplifted neck is the emblem o...
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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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THEREFORE. — Better,
“Therefore pride is their necklace,
And violence their mantle.”
The first metaphor might have been suggested either by the fact that
the rich lavished large sums on jewellery, e...
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לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמֹו גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף
־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמֹו׃...
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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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(c) Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence
covereth them [as] a garment.
(c) They glory in their pride as some do in their chains, and in
cruelty, as some do in apparel....
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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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6._Therefore pride compasseth them as a chain. _This complaint
proceeds farther than the preceding; for we are here told that
although God sees the ungodly shamefully and wickedly abusing his
kindness...
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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 PRIDE COMPASSETH THEM ABOUT AS A CHAIN,.] Which was the sin
of the devils, and of our first parents, and of Sodom, and is the sin
of antichrist and which, of all sins, is most hateful to God...
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth
them [as] a garment.
Ver. 6. _Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain_] The pride
of their hearts breaketh forth in their...
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_They are not in trouble as other men_ They escape even common
calamities. _Therefore pride compasseth them about_ Discovers itself
on every side, in their countenances, speech, behaviour. _Their eyes...
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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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PRIDE COMPASSETH THEM ABOUT AS A CHAIN: this phrase notes both the
extent of their pride, which appears on every side of them, in their
countenances, discourses, gestures, &c, and their glorying in it...
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Psalms 73:6 pride H1346 necklace H6059 (H8804) Violence H2555 covers
H5848 (H8799) garment H7897
Therefore - Deuteronomy 8:13-14, Deuteronomy 32:15; Esther 3:1, Esther
3:5-6, Esther 5:9-11
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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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AN UNBECOMING NECKLACE
Pride is as a chain about their neck. Psalms 73:6.
Who doesn't love to wear a chain? Certainly none of the girls here
would deny that a necklace was something to be proud of;...
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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 Peter 5:5; Daniel 4:30; Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 8:13;
Deuteronomy 8:14; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Esther 3:1; Esther 3:5; Esther
3:6; Est