“ But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. ”
But as for me - literally, “And I.” The meaning is, “And I, who so confidently now trust in God, and believe that he is good, was formerly in a far different state of mind; I was so hesitating, s...
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...
me. Note the emphasis on this (by repetition of the first Person), which is the key to the Psalm. almost . quickly. See note on Proverbs 5:14 . gone . stumbled.
2. As for me, etc. Literally, it is, And I: which ought to be read with emphasis; for David means that those temptations, which cast an affront upon the honor of God, and overwhelm faith,...
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. My feet were almost gone - I had nearly given up my confidence. I was ready to find fault with the dispensations of providence...
My feet were almost gone— By these figurative expressions the Psalmist means, that he began to stagger in his faith, and was in danger of falling into a disbelief of God's providence. The foolish...
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. But as for me, my feet were almost gone. The "as for me" is emphatic. I say this not without personal experience of th...
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...
Slipped. — Literally, were poured out. This metaphor for weakness and instability is obvious. Comp. “Dissolvuntur enim turn demum membra fluuntque.” LUCRETIUS, iv. 920.
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...
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...
But as for me ,.... Who am one of the Israel of God whose heart has been renewed and purified by the grace of God, and to whom he has been kind and good in a thousand instances; yet, ungrateful crea...
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. Ver. 2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone ] i.e. I was well nigh brought to believe that there was no Divine provid...
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 an...
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. A psalm of Asaph. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to...
Yet I must acknowledge this with grief and shame concerning myself; notwithstanding all my knowledge of this truth, and my own experience and observation of God's gracious dealings with me, and other...
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...
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 u...
1 Chronicles 22:7 ; 1 Samuel 12:23 ; 1 Samuel 2:9 ; Job 12:5 ; Job 21:4 ; Joshua 24:15 ; Psalms 17:15 ; Psalms 17:5 ; Psalms 35:13 ; Psalms 38:16 ; Psalms 5:7 ; Psalms 94:18 ; Psalms 116...
My feet — My faith in God's providence, was almost overthrown.