“ For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastenedb every morning. ”
For all the day long - Continually. All my life. Have I been plagued - Smitten; afflicted; troubled. My life has been a life of trial. I have not known prosperity. And chastened every morn...
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...
every morning. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for "continually".
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. For all the day long have I been plagued - Far from enjoying worldly prosperity, we are not only poor, but we are afflicted also...
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...
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...
(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...
Psalms 73:1-28 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1-40 ; Psalms 49:1-20 . It tells how the prosperity...
Deceptive Prosperity Psalms 73:1-15 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 . The...
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 tel...
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...
For all the day long have I been plagued ,.... "Smitten or scourged" p, as in Psalms 73:5 , that is, afflicted of God; which is no ways inconsistent with his love, nor with his covenant, nor with a...
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. Ver. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued ] God's best-beloved are most afflicted, neither have any out of hell ever...
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain , &c. Hence I have been tempted to think, that religion is a vain and unprofitable thing; that “all my faith, my charity, and my devotion; all my watching...
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. A psalm of Asaph. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to...
Whilst their ungodliness hath been attended with constant prosperity, my piety hath been exercised with continual afflictions.
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 tem...
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...
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...
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....
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 sh...
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...
The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth
1 Peter 1:6 ; Amos 3:2 ; Hebrews 12:5 ; Jeremiah 15:18 ; Job 10:17 ; Job 10:3 ; Job 7:18 ; Job 7:3 ; Job 7:4 ; Psalms 34:19 ; Psalms 94:12