Psalm 73:16-20 NASB,NASB

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:16

(16) 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.)It was too painful.—See margin. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:17

(17) Then understood I . . .—Rather, I considered their end. The Temple service, with its blessings on righteousness, and stern warnings against wickedness, as they were read from the Book of the Law or from one of the prophets, or were chanted from some ancient song, gave the needed turn to the psalmist’s speculations. He began to think not of the present, but the future; not of the advantages of sin, but its consequences—but still consequences in this world, the thought of a hereafter not... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:19

(19) In a moment.—Literally, in a wink. (Comp. “In the twinkling of an eye.”) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:20

(20) As a dream.—Better,“As a man on waking (despises) his dream,So, O Lord, on rousing thyself, thou wiltDespise their shadow.”an image of the result of the Divine judgment on the vain and boastful tyrants, which may be illustrated by Henry V.’s rising with his royalty to self-respect:—“I have long dreamt of such a kind of man,So surfeit-swell’d, so old, and so profane;But, being awake, I do despise my dream.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 73:1-28

Until I Went Into the Sanctuary Psalms 73:15-16 The difficulty of the writer of the Psalm is a very old difficulty, and yet it seems to us to be perpetually new. Think what it was that troubled him. What was his difficulty? 'I was envious when I saw the ungodly in such prosperity. They come in no misfortune like other men, neither are they plagued like other folk.' At what period of the world's history, in what spot of the universe, are the echoes of that question not still heard? The... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

Psalms 73:1-28THE 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 of the godless, in apparent flat contradiction of Divine promises, had all but swept the psalmist from his faith, and how he was led, through doubt and struggle, to closer communion with God, in which he learned, not only the evanescence of the external well-being which had so perplexed him, but the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 73:1-28

III. THE LEVITICUS SECTION: BOOK THREE: Psalm 73-89 The third division of the book of Psalms corresponds in character to the third book of the Pentateuch, the book of Leviticus. That is the book of the Sanctuary, of Holiness. And this section, which is the shortest, also has the same character. Each Psalm brings the sanctuary of Israel in view, with the same prophetic-dispensational character as in the first two books. The Companion Bible gives the following division of the 17 Psalms: Psalm... read more

John Calvin

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 73:20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 73:1-28

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 73:1-28

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 73:17

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 73:19

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 73:20

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