Psalms 73:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. ”

Psalms 73:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places - Not in a solid and permanent position; not where their foothold would be secure, but as on smooth and slippery rocks, where they would be liable an...
Psalms 73:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 73:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Surely. See note on "Truly", Psalms 73:1 . didst set . wilt set.
Psalms 73:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. Surely thou hast set them in slippery places. David, having now gone through his conflicts, begins, if we may use the expression, to be a new man; and he speaks with a quiet and composed...
Psalms 73:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. Thou didst set them on slippery places - Affluence is a slippery path; few have ever walked in it without fall...
Psalms 73:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. -The victory which he gained over his doubts in the sanctuary when he understood the end of the godless. Verse 17. Until...
Psalms 73:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 73:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 73:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 73:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 73:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 73:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places ,.... In which a man cannot stand long, and without danger; and the higher they are the more dangerous, being slippery, and such are places of honour an...
Psalms 73:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. Ver. 18. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places ] Where they can have no more certainty than if they...
Psalms 73:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou didst set them in slippery places Their happiness hath no firm foundation; it is very unstable, like a man's standing on very slippery ground. Thou castedst them down into destruction The sa...
Psalms 73:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children...
Psalms 73:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their happiness hath no firm foundation; it was very unstable, like a man's standing in very slippery ground. The same hand which raised them will cast them down into the pit of utter destruction.
Psalms 73:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 73:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Psalms 73:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 73:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
Psalms 73:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 73:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 73:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth
Psalms 73:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Jeremiah 23:12 ; Psalms 35:6 ; Psalms 37:20 ; Psalms 37:24 ; Psalms 37:35-38 ; Psalms 55:23 ; Psalms 92:7 ; Psalms 94:23

Psalms 73:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 73:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 73:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 73:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 73:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 73:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 73:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 73:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 73:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 73:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge