Psalm 73:8

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 73:1-15

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 . There is none good but God and God is only good. “His every act pure goodness is; His path unsullied light.” Israel , as here intended, is not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. See John 1:47 and Romans 2:28-29 . We have in these verses a good man’s temptation. In every age God’s people have asked... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 73:1-28

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 tells how he nearly stumbled in view of the prosperity of the wicked, and how he was restored. The first half describes the perplexing vision of the prosperity of the wicked. The whole psalm was written in the light of the conviction expressed in the last half, but it describes first the things which... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 73:1-28

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 death, and is confident that he himself, in spite of death, will see God. Job, however, expresses no belief that he will live for ever. He is to see God for a moment; he does not expect that he will abide with God continually. This is just what the Psalmist does expect. This belief flows from the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 73:8

They are corrupt; or, dissolved in pleasure. Or, they corrupt themselves. Speak wickedly concerning oppression; wickedly boasting of their oppressions; either of what they have done, or of what they intend to do, in that kind. They speak loftily; arrogantly presuming upon their own strength, and despising both God and men. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph,” or, as in the margin, “for Asaph.” See introduction to Psalms 50:0.Subject.—The mental difficulties arising from the contemplation of the temporal prosperity of the wicked and the adversity of the righteous under the government of God. “The Psalm is very nearly related to the 37 and 49, as far as its contents are concerned. Amyraldus took quite a correct view as to what distinguishes it from these Psalms, and forms its individual physiognomy. ‘In... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

Psalms 73:0 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, operating in the Psalmist, and he supposed in others, as a temptation. In ver. 21 we have the recovery, and the thoughts of the recovery. I. The first-fruit of the Divine deliverance is self-loathing. "Truly Thou art good," and I was ignorant; I ought to have known that always. II. The second fruit... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

Psalms 73:1-28 Psalms 73:1-28 begins with an affirmation of a basic foundational truth concerning God.Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart ( Psalms 73:1 ).It is important that we have basic foundational truths that are undergirding us. Because we, all of us, are going to face experiences of life that we will not understand. Hard, painful experiences. Experiences that will challenge God's goodness and God's love. If God is good, then why did God allow this tragedy to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:1-28

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. Hezekiah commanded the levites to sing in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, the ancient name of a prophet. 2 Chronicles 29:30. On this account his compositions are admitted, and deservedly so, into the sacred canon. The language here approximates to Psalms 4, 36, 37, 39, 49. The psalm under... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 73:1-28

Psalms 73:1-28Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.The trouble of AsaphIn human biographies men are wont to cover up their heroes’ imperfections. They see no reason why they should be recalled, but many why they should not. And in religious biographies what evident exaggeration there often is. But this can never be said of the lives of the men told of in the Bible. They are evidently men like ourselves. They have known our misery, passed through our struggles, and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 73:8

Psa 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily. Ver. 8. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly ] Their pride, before taxed, Psalms 73:6 , buddeth, and budgeth, Ezekiel 7:10 ; like a foul swelling in the body, it breaketh out into sores of all sorts, odious words and deeds, abominable to God and man. Diffiuuut et loquuntur in malitia rapinata, they melt and are spilt in sensual delights and dissolute practices. Or, they let loose themselves, and keep... read more

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