“ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; ”
When I thought to know this - When I endeavored to comprehend this, or to explain it to myself. The idea is that he “thought” on the subject, or “meditated” on it with a view to be able to unders...
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...
thought . pondered [it]. Compare the same word in Psalms 77:5 . know . reconcile, or understand. too painful for me . vexation in mine eyes.
16. Although I applied my mind to know this. The first verb חשב, chashab, which he employs, properly signifies to reckon or count, and sometimes to consider or weigh. But the...
DISCOURSE: 624 PROSPERITY OF SINNERS NOT TO BE ENVIED Psalms 73:16-17 . When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I their en...
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; When I thought to know this - When I reviewed the history of our fathers, I saw that, though thou hadst from time to time hidden thy face bec...
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...
When I thought... — i.e., when I reflected in order to know this — when I tried to think the matter out, get at the bottom of it. (For the sense of the verb, comp. Psalms 78:5 ; Proverbs 16:9 ....
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...
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 unsee...
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...
Reader! do mark what it was which the Lord blessed to the mind of his servant: namely, his visits to the sanctuary. It is in God's house that we are brought acquainted with God's ways. The secret of...
THE RECTIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE SANCTUARY ‘Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I the end of these men.’ Psalms...
When I thought to know this ,.... How to reconcile the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, to the perfections of God, and his wise providence in the government of the wor...
When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me; Ver. 16. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ] Heb. it was labour in mine eyes, labour in vain, I could do no good on i...
When I thought to know this To find out the reason and meaning of this mysterious course of Divine Providence, it was too painful for me I found it too hard a task to attain satisfaction, as to t...
The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children...
To know this; to find out the reason of this mysterious course of thy providence. It was too painful for me; I was gravelled with the difficulty.
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
Ecclesiastes 8:17 ; John 16:18 ; John 16:19 ; Luke 18:32-34 ; Proverbs 30:2 ; Proverbs 30:3 ; Psalms 36:6 ; Psalms 39:6 ; Psalms 77:19 ; Psalms 97:2 ; Romans 11:33
To know — To find out the reason of this providence.