or "only" God is good to such; though he is good to all in a providential way, yet only to his chosen and redeemed ones in a way of special favour; the goodness others share is but a shadow of goodness, in comparison of what they do and shall partake of; they are blessed with blessings indeed, and are only blessed; so this particle is rendered in Psalm 62:2, or "but", or "notwithstanding" (b), God is good, &c. that is, though he suffers the wicked to prosper, and his own people much afflicted, yet he is good to them; he supports them under their afflictions, and makes all to work for their good; gives them grace here, and glory hereafter; even to such as are of a clean heart; this character excludes the carnal Israelites, who were pure in their own eyes, but not cleansed from their filthiness, and describes the true Israel of God, and explains who are meant by them, such as are pure in heart, inwardly Jews, Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile; this is not natural to men, their hearts are by nature unclean, nor is it in their power to make them clean: this is God's work, he only can create a clean heart, and renew a right spirit; which is done by the sanctifying influences of his grace, and by the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, and thus purifying their heart's by faith; yet so as not to be free from all impurity of spirit, but as to have a conscience purged from the guilt of sin, and to have the heart sincere and upright towards God. BOOK THREE: Psalms 73—89The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in GodA Psalm of #Ps. This probably led him to declare that he desired no other portion, either in this world or in that to come, either in heaven or upon earth. He is only good, nothing else but good to his own covenanted ones. when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. What is the conclusion? when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. A Psalm of Asaph. He considereth the frailty of man, Psalms 103:15,16; and showeth God’s everlasting mercy to his covenanted ones, Psalms 103:17-19. Of Asaph—(see [609]Introduction). 1 A psalm of Asaph.. How good God is to the upright, to those who are pure of heart! Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. "I have cleansed my heart in vain." From "Things New and Old, a Monthly Magazine." A Psalm of Asaph. Verse 1. Verse 1. The reference of the last clause to happiness after death is, I believe, generally acknowledged by Jewish commentators. Thus the psalmist professes the sense and apprehension which he had of things: Whom have I in heaven but thee? Some writers are not sure that Asaph wrote them, but incline to the belief that David was the author, and Asaph the person to whom they were dedicated, that he might sing them when in his turn he became the chief musician. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. In a most seasonable discourse upon the Seventy-third Psalm. Subject. I would fain think so. Psalm 73 (Masoretic numbering, psalm 72 in Greek numbering) of the Book of Psalms is one of the "Psalms of Asaph"; it has been categorized as one of the Wisdom Psalms". For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. We all desire that God should be good to us; it is the sick man's prayer: "The Lord be good to me." (This is) a psalm of *Asaph. God is good to His people. Curiously enough this Seventy-third Psalm corresponds in subject with the Thirty-seventh: it will help the memory of the young to notice the reversed figures. So this clause limits the former, and takes off a great part of the force of the objection, even all that concerns the calamities which befell the profane or false-hearted Israelites, which were vastly the greatest number of that people. The abrupt announcement of the theme indicates that it is the conclusion of a perplexing mental conflict, which is then detailed (compare Jer 12:1-4). In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 72 in a slightly different numbering system.. Verse 1. Jonathan Edwards. It's a word of faith, opposite to the psalmist's sense and Satan's injections. This yet (as I conceive) hath a threefold reference to the body of the Psalm. Even to such as are of a clean heart. David opens the Psalm abruptly, and from this we learn what is worthy of particular notice, that, before he broke forth into this language, his mind had been agitated with many doubts and conflicting suggestions. See John 4:23 Romans 2:28,29. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. "Hath God forgotten to be gracious?" Even to such as are of a clean heart." By reading our notes on Psalm Fifty, in Volume 2, the reader will glean a little more concerning this man of God. Truly {a} God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. their bodies are healthy and sleek. The grievous conflict between the flesh and the, The glorious conquest of the spirit over the flesh, to. Now, admitting (what, by the way, is somewhat difficult of belief, inasmuch as the sudden and fearful temporal destruction of all or even the most prosperous, cannot be made out) that the end of these men means only and always their end in this world, we come to the conclusion that, in the case of the wicked, this Psalm does not plainly and undeniably teach that punishment awaits them after death; but only that, in estimating their condition, it is necessary, in order to vindicate the justice of God, to take in their whole career, and set over against their great prosperity the sudden and fearful reverses and destruction which they frequently encounter. my steps had nearly slipped, 3 Because I was envious of the arrogant. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 73 Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. "Truly," or, more correctly, only, "God is good to Israel." Whatever may or may not be the truth about mysterious and inscrutable things, there are certainties somewhere; experience has placed some tangible facts within our grasp; let us, then, cling to these, and they will prevent our being carried away by those hurricanes of infidelity which still come from the wilderness, and, like whirlwinds, smite the four corners of our house and threaten to overthrow it. His way to overcome such temptations, i.e. NKJV: New King James Version . The poet sees that a moral correspondence with their profession is necessary, even in the chosen people—the truth which St. Paul stated with such insistance, “For they are not all Israel which are of Israel.”. But it is not so much as hinted at here. From Psalms 73:2-14 he states his temptation; then, from Psalms 73:15-17 he is embarrassed as how to act, but ultimately finds deliverance from his dilemma. Truly; or, nevertheless. PSALM 73 * The Trial of the Just. Read verse in New Living Translation ; their evil imaginations have no limits. Whole Psalm. And the psalmist seems to begin somewhat abruptly. If I cannot understand thee, let me never cease to believe in thee. From Psalms 73:2-14 he states his temptation; then, from Psalms 73:15-17 he is embarrassed as how to act, but ultimately finds deliverance from his dilemma. You will understand the "end" of man, and trace the "way" of God. And this small particle is not of small use, being rightly applied and improved. However they prosper for the present, yet they come to a woeful end at last (, The consideration of the blessed end of the saints. So much for looking in. The prophet under temptation by reason of wicked men’s prosperity, Psalm 73:1-12. God himself was the teacher. So much for looking about. God is good. This is like the nobleman's star or garter, which is a peculiar ensign of honour, differing him from the vulgar; when the bright star of purity shineth in a Christian's heart it doth distinguish him from the formal professor... God is good to the pure in heart. the knowledge of God’s purpose in destroying the wicked, Psalm 73:17-20, and that the faithful might be contented alone with God, and communion with him, Psalm 73:21-28. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information, The consideration of the miserable end of wicked men. O my God, however perplexed I may be, let me never think ill of thee. And then the sense runs thus: How ill soever things go in the world, how ill soever it fares with God's church and people amongst men, yet God is good to Israel. Truly: it's but a particle; but the smallest filings of gold are gathered up. and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. This is a truth which cannot be shaken. Proud member Yet God is good. These are the true Israel, not the ceremonially clean but the really so; those who are clean in the inward parts, pure in the vital mainspring of action. He is not only good in word, but in deed also. By the Right Reverend Father in God EDWARD PARRY. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. The Baptism of Jesus - In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. v3 Some people had made themselves important. 4 For there are no [ a]pangs in their death, But their strength is firm. Psalm 73:1. We see, then, how emphatic is this exclamation of the psalmist. Heathen philosophers have puzzled themselves about this, while to believers it has too often been a temptation. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw th… In the twenty-fourth verse the psalmist takes notice how the saints are happy in God, both when they are in this world and also when they are taken to another. Psalms chapter 73 KJV (King James Version) 1 (A Psalm of Asaph.) It is the goodness of God. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart. KJ21. He cannot act unjustly or unkindly to them; his goodness to them is beyond dispute, and without mixture. 278 - Psalm 73 - Lesson 1. made with Faithlife Proclaim. I. Little pearls are of great price. ASV. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. Romans 9:6 . The telephone awakened me in the early hours of the morning. Truly, or, more correctly, only, God is good to Israel. Psalm 73:1 NIV Psalm 73:1 NLT Psalm 73:1 ESV Psalm 73:1 NASB Psalm 73:1 KJV Psalm 73:1 Bible Apps Psalm 73:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 73:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 73:1 French Bible Psalm 73:1 German Bible Alphabetical: A are Asaph God good heart in is Israel of psalm pure Surely those to who OT Poetry: Psalm 73:1 A Psalm by Asaph (Psalm Ps Psa.) 1. But virtue in distress, and vice in triumph, The question arises whether the second clause of the verse limits, or only repeats, the first. Truly God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart. See Psalm 73:13. To such as are of a clean heart; to all true Israelites, who love God with their whole heart, and serve him in spirit, and truth, and uprightness. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved to abide. It must be so, it cannot be otherwise, thou art good to those whom thou hast made good; and where thou hast renewed the heart thou wilt not leave it to its enemies. Psalms 73:1 NKJV. But how is God good to them? Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. In Psalms 73:1 the psalmist declares his confidence in God, and, as it were, plants his foot on a rock while he recounts his inward conflict. They left it to the candour of Christian expositors to doubt or deny it. Secondly, consider it as an adversative particle, Yet, so our old translation. Though sometimes he may hide his face for awhile, yet he doth that in faithfulness and love; there is kindness in his very scourges, and love bound up in his rods; he is good to Israel: do but mark it first or last: "The true Israelite, in whom there is no guile, shall be refreshed by his Saviour." He describes with awe the fate of the ungodly in Ps 73:18-20, condemns his own folly and adores the grace of God, Psalms 73:21-24 , and concludes by renewing his allegiance to his God, whom he takes afresh to be his portion and delight. Thomas Thompson Perowne, in "The Essential Coherence of the Old and New Testaments." Whatever may or may not be the truth about mysterious and inscrutable things, there are certainties somewhere; experience has placed some tangible facts within our grasp; let us, then, cling to these, and they will prevent our being carried away by those hurricanes of infidelity which still come from the wilderness, and, like whirlwinds, smite the four corners of our house and threaten to overthrow it. “Yet sure the gods are good! The New Testament has nothing higher or more spiritual than this. In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. Psalm 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure. He is only good, nothing else but good to his own covenanted ones. In the first place, he observed, that they were prosperous, and all things went well with them. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. The Seventy-third Psalm is a very striking record of the mental struggle which an eminently pious Jew underwent, when he contemplated the respective conditions of the righteous and the wicked. # 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy. THE aversion which men usually feel to a vindication of God’s absolute sovereignty, proceeds from an idea, that the exercise of it would be repugnant to his other perfections of goodness and mercy. They called him "GOD," which is literally "THE GOOD." No doubt in theory God was understood to be good to Israel generally, but the very subject of the psalm seems to require a limitation here. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Verse 1. The daily chastening may continue, flesh and heart may fail, but God is good to Israel notwithstanding: he is their portion, their guide, their help while they live, and he will take them to his glorious presence when they die. Title. But at last he breaks forth like the sun out of a cloud, and having by God’s grace silenced and conquered his scruples, he lays down this following conclusion. 2 But, as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;. To such he is, and must be, goodness itself. In the fourth and following verses he informs us what, in the wicked, was his temptation. There is a beauty in the name appropriated by the Saxon nations to the Deity, unequalled except by his most reverential Hebrew appellation. Whatsoever sense sees or feels, whatsoever Satan insinuates and says; yet precious faith with confidence asserts, Truly, verily God is good. These are the true Israel, not the ceremonially clean but the really so; those who are clean in the inward parts, pure in the vital mainspring of action. Two ways. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. It is well to make sure of what we do know, for this will be good anchor-hold for us when we are molested by those mysterious storms which arise from things which we do not understand. As a brave and valiant champion, he had been exercised in very painful struggles and temptations; but, after long and arduous exertion, he at length succeeded in shaking off all perverse imaginations, and came to the conclusion that yet God is gracious to his servants, and the faithful guardian of their welfare. First, take it (as our translators gave it us) as a note of asseveration. Psalms 73:1. Heart purity denominates us the Israel of God; it makes us of Israel indeed; "but all are not Israel which are of Israel." His diffidence thereupon, Psalm 73:13-16. Simeon Ash. Thus these words contain a tacit contrast between the unhallowed imaginations suggested to him by Satan, and the testimony in favour of true religion with which he now strengthens himself, denouncing, as it were, the judgment of the flesh, in giving place to misgiving thoughts with respect to the providence of God. The clean hearted have all things work for their good. And then he relates the most fatal shock which his faith has received, when he contrasted the prosperity of the wicked, who, though they proudly contemned God and man, prospered in the world and increased in riches, with his own lot, who, though he had cleansed his heart and washed his hands in innocency, had been plagued all the day long and chastened every morning. Psalm 73:1 Parallel. Commentary on Psalm 73:1-14 (Read Psalm 73:1-14) The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tried the graces of many saints. Ps 73:1-28. My first occasion to preach from Psalm 73resulted from a tragedy within our church family. [ a] … PSALM 73. Psalm 73:1 "Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart." Psalm 73:18-28 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into … Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and … Isaiah 63:7-9 I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises … Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to … to such Dryden’s lines express the feeling of this opening—. God is good to His people. Turner. (In Parker Society's publications, and also in the "British Reformers" series of the Religious Tract Society.). The voice on the other end of the line was that of a friend, whose words were enough to shock me out of my slumber. “I hate to bother you at this hour of the night, Bob, but I just discovered that my wife beside me here in bed is dead.” She was only 28 years old, a godly woman and a devoted wife and mother. For from both the premises (viz., his sufferings and sinning) he had inferred this conclusion. 1858. Where expressions and apprehensions fail, there the psalmist takes up God's providence with admiration. Oh, how wonderfully, how transcendently good is God to Israel! Truly God is good to Israel - Captives as they were, they still had many blessings from God; and they had promises of deliverance, which must be fulfilled in due time. v1 I am sure that God is good to (the people of) Israel, to the people whose hearts are clean. This is the second Psalm ascribed to Asaph, and the first of eleven consecutive Psalms bearing the name of this eminent singer. What will be the conclusion? Because I was angry, I wanted the things they had. In Psalms 73:1 the psalmist declares his confidence in God, and, as it were, plants his foot on a rock while he recounts his inward conflict. They are blessed in God in this world, in that he guides them by his counsel; and when he takes them out of it they are still happy, in that he receives them to glory. The psalmist's carriage after it. AMP. It is the goodness of God. Verse 1. 1636-1674. Israel's receipts from God are, WORKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE SEVENTY-THIRD PSALM IN SPURGEON'S DAY, Certain Comfortable Expositions of the Constant Martyr of Christ JOHN HOOPER, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, 1555, written in the time of his Tribulation and Imprisonment, upon the Twenty-third, Sixty-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-seventh Psalm of the prophet David. Look up, straight up, and believe what you see there. He does not ascend into the chair to dispute after the manner of the philosophers, and to deliver his discourse in a style of studied oratory; but as if he had escaped from hell, he proclaims with a loud voice, and with impassioned feeling, that he had obtained the victory. Where, then, should we look? Even to such as are of a clean heart. of NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: 73:1-9 1 Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! Let the devil and his instruments say what they will to the contrary, I will never believe them; I have said it before, and I see no reason to reverse my sentence: Truly God is good. The place where his doubts were removed and his tottering faith reestablished, was the sanctuary of God. God is good to Israel; though he may sometimes seem negligent of, and harsh and severe to, his people, yet, if all things be considered, it is most certain, and another day will be made manifest, that God is really and superlatively good, i.e. The writer does not doubt this, but lays it down as his firm conviction. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved to abide. It must be so, it cannot be otherwise, thou art good to those whom thou hast made good; and where thou hast renewed the heart thou wilt not leave it to its enemies. In verses 4- 9 Asaph's practical problem is detailed, but be… The theme is that ancient stumbling block of good men, which Job's friends could not get over; viz. Purity of heart is the jewel which is hung only upon the elect. Though the wicked are in prosperity, and are not in trouble as other men; yet the godly, though in affliction, are in a state infinitely better, because they have God for their portion. For as interpreters observe, though these words are set in the beginning, yet they suggest the conclusion of the psalmist's conflict. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. Of Asaph—(see [609]Introduction). For duration, the most lasting. The Israelite that wrestles with tears with God, and values his love above the whole world, that will not be put off without his Father's blessing, shall have it with a witness: "He shall reap in joy though he may at present sow in tears. What is the conclusion? Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. The reference is to those who are truly righteous, for all true righteousness has its seat in the heart. The beginning is abrupt and sufficiently intimates that he had a great conflict within himself about this matter, and that many doubts and objections were raised in his mind concerning it. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In this Psalm, the psalmist (Asaph) relates the great difficulty which existed in his own mind, from the consideration of the wicked. We have. That though is not foreign to the Old Testament writers. A Psalm of Asaph. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} My feet nearly *slipped and I almost fell over. The great sun of David has a satellite in the moon of Asaph. He cannot act unjustly, or unkindly to them; his goodness to them is beyond dispute, and without mixture. The true estimate, at which he afterwards arrived, is found in Psalms 73:18-20 . Cancel. But though our own heart turns in the same direction, facts must be heard; and we find in 2 Chronicles 29:30 , that Hezekiah commanded the Levites to sing "the words of David and of Asaph the seer;" and, moreover, in Nehemiah 12:46 , David and Asaph are mentioned together, as distinct from "the chief of the singers," and as it would seem, as joint authors of psalmody. (b) "attamen", Tigurine version, Piscator, Gussetius, Michaelis. It containeth the godly man's trial, in the former part of it, and his triumph, in the latter part of it. A Psalm of Asaph. Ps 73:1-28. But, in turning to the other side of the comparison, the case of the righteous, we are not met by the thought, that as the prosperity of the wicked is but the preparation for their ruin, the raising higher the tower that the fall may be the greater, so the adversity of the godly is but an introduction to worldly wealth and honour. D. The book of Job and Psalm 37 deal with the same problem, but in this life; Psalm 73 deals with it in light of Matthew 25. Although the saints, while they live, may be afflicted, yet they come to a happy end at last (, The consideration that the godly have a much better portion than the wicked, even though they have no other portion but God; as in, This yet reflects upon his sinning, the fretting and wrangling of his distempered heart (. Whatever is the proper rendering of Psalms 73:4 ; whether, There are no sorrows (tending) to their death, or, There are no sorrows until their death, -- their whole life to the very last is one unchequered course of happiness -- that verse conveys to us the psalmist's mistaken estimate of the prosperity of the wicked, before he went unto the sanctuary of God. A Psalm of Asaph. There was no apparent cause for her death at the time… For although the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, tempted the Psalmist to misgivings of God's government, yet the sudden and fearful ruin of the ungodly, seen in the light of God's revelation, reassures his heart; and, chiding himself for his folly, he is led to confide renewedly in God, and celebrate His goodness and love. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace." 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