Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 73:17
Until I went into the (h) sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
(h) Until I entered into your school and learned by your word and Holy Spirit that you order all things most wisely and justly.
Until I went into the (h) sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
(h) Until I entered into your school and learned by your word and Holy Spirit that you order all things most wisely and justly.
Verse Psalms 73:17. _UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY_] Until, in the use of thy ordinances, I entered into a deep consideration of thy secret counsels, and considered the future state of the righteou...
UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD - The word “sanctuary” we now apply to a place of public worship; and, thus understood, the passage here would mean that he learned the truth on the subject only...
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 th...
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...
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 _An...
Instead of parading his doubts, he wrestled with them until in the sanctuary the solution of them was revealed to him....
Faith triumphant in the conviction of an ultimate judgement and the consciousness of the supreme blessedness of fellowship with God....
And I kept thinking how to understand this: It was misery In mine eyes: Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. As he kept pondering how to reconcile the facts of...
DISCOURSE: 624 PROSPERITY OF SINNERS NOT TO BE ENVIED Psalms 73:16. _When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I their end._ TO u...
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 sa...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE THIRD Psalms 73 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Temptation, arising from the Prosperity of the Lawless, Triumphantly Overcome. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 73:1-5, Under Protest, the Psalmist...
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. -The victory which he gained over his doubts in the sanctuary when he understood the end of the godless. Verse 17. UNTIL I WENT...
73:17 I (g-11) Or '[and] I had considered.'...
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 Psalms...
_Then_.. END] RV 'and considered their latter end.' Difficulties are resolved and the soul strengthened against the temptations of doubt in the presence and communion of God, as enjoyed in His sanctua...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE PSALMS OF DAVID (BOOK 3). NOW I UNDERSTAND PSALMS 73 Jesus said, "Make sure that your valuable things are in *heaven". ...
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 f...
עַד ־אָ֭בֹוא אֶל ־מִקְדְּשֵׁי ־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה...
Psalms 73:1 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 49:1. It tells how the prosperity of the godless,...
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...
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 tell...
_Spring. Hebrew, "and winter," under which two the Jews comprised all the seasons, (Genesis viii. 22.) as the Africans and Danes are said to do still. (Calmet) --- Yet choreph is used for youth, "the...
Reader! do mark what it was which the Lord blessed to the mind of his servant: namely, his visits to the sanctuary. It is in God's house that we are brought acquainted with God's ways. The secret of t...
By _the sanctuaries of God _some, even among the Hebrews, understand the celestial mansions in which the spirits of the just and angels dwell; as if David had said, This was a painful thing in my sigh...
BOOK 3 - PSALMS 73-89 In the Third Book we get out into a larger sphere than the state of the residue of the Jews in the last days, whether in Jerusalem or driven out; and hence we find much less of t...
UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD,.... The tabernacle or house of God, where the Word of God was read and explained, prayer was made, and sacrifices offered up, and where fellowship was had with...
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end. Ver. 17. _Until I went into the sanctuary of God_] And there consulted with the Scriptures, heard the lectures of the law, praye...
_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...
The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
until I went into the Sanctuary of God, to the Tabernacle, or Temple, where the Word of the Lord was kept, which reveals also the mysteries of God's government of the world, so far as God wants the be...
15-20 The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows how faith and grace prevailed. He kept up respect for God's people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had...
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 satisfactio...
Psalms 73:17 went H935 (H8799) sanctuary H4720 God H410 understood H995 (H8799) end H319 Until -...
Psalms 73:17 I. What "the sanctuary" was into which David thus opportunely went, it is not very easy to decide. Perhaps the expression "sanctuary" meant the whole precincts of the tabernacle or Templ...
Psalms 73:16 The rectifying influence of the sanctuary. There has been some little difference of opinion among expositors as to the precise reference of the word here translated "sanctuary." Literall...
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, o...
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....
Here you have the psalmist in a fainting fit. He has allowed the flesh to conquer the spirit. The observant eye of reason has for awhile rendered dim the clear vision of faith. Psalms 73:1. _Truly Go...
The psalmist here works out the problem of the prosperity of the wicked. He was troubled in his own mind about it; he knew that he feared God, but he also knew that he was greatly tried, whereas he sa...
«A Psalm Of Asaph.» He was a great singer, but he could not always sing. In the first part of the Psalm he felt rather like groaning than singing; and you shall find that those who sing the sweetest t...
CONTENTS: The temptation to envy the prosperity of wicked people and how to fortify ones self against it. The awful fate of the ungodly. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: Observing that many wicked...
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. Hezek...
_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 should...
_When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end._ THE RECTIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE SANCTUARY It is not perfectly clear what...
_If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of Thy children._ SEARCHING AND FINDING RELIEF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION . Searching for relief in the right direction (Psalm...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:1. This is a wisdom psalm. God’s people should trust him even when it seems unbelievers do not suffer because of their sin. They should remember the contrasting outcomes...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:16 The inner conflict is made worse by how WEARISOME it is TO UNDERSTAND THIS: it seems impossible. But when the singer goes INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD, whe
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 tempora...
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 a great...
Psa 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 basi...
Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Jeremiah 5:31; Job 27:8; Lu
Until — 'Till I consulted the word of God. He alludes to the practice of those times, which was, in difficult cases to resort to God's sanctuary, and the oracle therein. Their end — There I learned th...