Psalm 73:26

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Psalms 73:25-26

Psalms REASONABLE RAPTURE Psa_73:25 - Psa_73:26 . We have in this psalm the record of the Psalmist’s struggle with the great standing difficulty of how to reconcile the unequal distribution of worldly prosperity with the wisdom and providence of God. That difficulty pressed more acutely upon men of the Old Dispensation than even upon us, because the very promise of that stage of revelation was that Godliness brought with it outward well-being. Our Psalmist reaches a solution, not exactly by... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 73:16-28

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 unseen as well as the seen, the eternal as well as the transient. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we may dwell upon our losses with disappointment and regret, 1 Corinthians 15:19 . But if the future is taken into consideration, what Lazarus would exchange his lot with Dives? Luke 16:19-31 .... 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 73:26

In myself, I confess I am a poor weak creature, and my body and spirit may fail and be ready to faint under such temptations and tribulations as these, and I know I shall shortly return to the dust, out of which I was taken. But though I have no strength in myself; I have it in God, my never-failing refuge, to whom I will trust whilst I live, and who will be my portion to eternity. 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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:25-26

Psalms 73:25-26 I. God is the Christian's inheritance as the light of his intellect. II. God is the Christian's inheritance as the refuge of his conscience. III. God is the Christian's inheritance as the rest of his soul. He gives the soul (1) security; (2) happiness; (3) support in the hour of death. W. M. Punshon, Pulpit Orations, 2nd series, No. 4. read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:26

Psalms 73:26 I. Life and immortality, we are told, were brought to light by the Gospel. But the immortality of the soul was not first taught and believed when our Lord confuted Sadducean unbelief, or when He consoled His faint-hearted disciples on the eve of His Passion. The doctrine of immortality runs through the Bible. It underlies the history of the creation and the fall of man. It is involved in the statement that man was created originally in the image of God. II. The authority of our... 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

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