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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:15

Psalms 73:15. If I say, I will speak thus I will give sentence for the ungodly in this manner. I should offend against the generation of thy children By grieving, discouraging, and condemning them, and by tempting them to revolt from thee and thy service. By the generation of God’s children must be understood all true believers; those who have undertaken the service of God, and entered into covenant with him; part of which covenant and profession is to believe in God’s providence; which,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:16

Psalms 73:16. 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 these points, by my own meditations and reasonings. Indeed, it is a problem not to be solved by the mere light of nature; for if there were not another life after this, we could not fully reconcile the prosperity of the wicked with the justice of God. Here, then, we have “a second... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:17

Psalms 73:17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God Till I consulted with the oracle, or word of God. He alludes to the practice of those times, which was in dark and difficult cases to resort to God’s sanctuary, and the oracle in it, for satisfaction. Then understood I their end There I learned that their prosperity was short, and would quickly have an end, and that a most terrible one; that their fair morning would be followed with a black and dreadful evening, and an everlasting... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

Psalms 73:0 Why do the wicked prosper?Asaph had a problem that almost caused him to give up the life of devotion to God. If God was a God of goodness who helped the righteous and opposed the wicked, why did worthless people prosper while Asaph suffered want (1-3)?It seemed to Asaph that the wicked enjoyed lives of ease and plenty, then died peacefully without suffering. Yet their lives had been characterized by pride, cruelty, greed, trickery, scorn, oppression and boasting (4-9). Some of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:15

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. offend = deal treacherously. Hebrew. bagad. children = sons. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:16

thought = pondered [it]. Compare the same word in Psalms 77:5 . know = reconcile, or understand. too painful for me = vexation in mine eyes. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:17

the sanctuary. This is the book of the Sanctuary, and nearly every Psalm in it contains some reference to it, or to the congregation who worship in it. Then. Supply "Until" by the Figure of speech Anaphora. end = latter end, or hereafter. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 73:15

"If I had said, I will speak thus;Behold I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.When I thought how I might know this,It was too painful for me;Until I went into the sanctuary of God,And considered their latter end.Surely thou settest them in slippery places:Thou castest them down to destruction.""If I had said, ..." (Psalms 73:15). No, he did not speak the sinful thoughts that Satan whispered to him. For him to have done so would have been treachery in the sight of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 73:15

Psalms 73:15. If I say, I will speak thus, &c.— Reckon or reason thus:—I should offend against the generation of thy children; i.e. "I should give the lie to the history of our forefathers." See Peters, and the first note. Others, by the generation of God's children, understand all true believers: those who have undertaken the service of God, and entered into covenant with him: part of which covenant and profession is, to believe in God's Providence: which therefore to deny, question, or... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 73:17

Psalms 73:17. Then understood I their end— This certainly cannot mean their destruction by death; for he had before expressly taken notice of their felicity or ease in this respect. Nor is it easy to say how the sanctuary, or any thing there, could inform him of the manner of the death of wicked men. This must be learned from observation. Nor can what follows in the next verse be understood consistently with the rest of the psalm, of a temporal destruction, but of their future wretched state in... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 73:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 73:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 73:17

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