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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 73:10

Therefore his people - Those that truly love God; the pious in the earth.Return hither - Return to this subject. In their musings - their meditations on divine things - they come back to this inquiry. The subject occupies their minds, and they recur to it as a subject which perplexes them; as a thing that is incomprehensible. They think it over again and again, and are more and more perplexed and embarrassed. The difficulties which these facts suggest about God and his government are such that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 73:10

Psalms 73:10. Therefore his people return hither “It seems impossible to ascertain,” says Dr. Horne, “with any degree of precision, the meaning of this verse, or to whom it relates. Some think it intends those people who resort to the company of the wicked, because they find their temporal advantage by it; while others are of opinion that the people of God are meant, who, by continually revolving in their thoughts the subject here treated of, namely, the prosperity of the wicked, are sore... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 73:1-28

Psalms 73:0 Why do the wicked prosper?Asaph had a problem that almost caused him to give up the life of devotion to God. If God was a God of goodness who helped the righteous and opposed the wicked, why did worthless people prosper while Asaph suffered want (1-3)?It seemed to Asaph that the wicked enjoyed lives of ease and plenty, then died peacefully without suffering. Yet their lives had been characterized by pride, cruelty, greed, trickery, scorn, oppression and boasting (4-9). Some of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 73:10

His People = God ' s people. return = tum: i.e. follow. hither = to us. (Spoken by the wicked.) are = shall be. wrung out to = drained by. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 73:10

Psalms 73:10. Therefore his people return hither— "Therefore God's people falleth off to them, and from thence they reap no small advantage." Green. Mudge renders it, Therefore, let his people come before them, and waters in full measure would be wrung out from them. This seems, says he, to continue the description of their haughtiness and oppression. "Should God's people (for he is mentioned in the next verse) come before them, they would squeeze them to the uttermost: they would wring out all... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 73:10

10-12. Hence God's people are confounded, turned hither (or back) and thither, perplexed with doubts of God's knowledge and care, and filled with sorrow. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 73:1-28

III. BOOK 3: CHS. 73-89A man or men named Asaph wrote 11 of the psalms in this book (Psalms 73-83). Other writers were the sons of Korah (Psalms 84-85, 87), David (Psalms 86), Heman (Psalms 88), and Ethan (Psalms 89). Asaph, Heman, and Ethan were musicians from the tribe of Levi who were contemporaries of David. Book 3 of the Psalter has been called its "dark book." [Note: Waltke, p. 886.] Psalms 73In this psalm, Asaph related his inner mental struggle when he compared his life, as one... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 73:4-12

The writer next described the ways the wicked behave. They seem more carefree (Psalms 73:4-5), proud and violent (Psalms 73:6), as well as unrestrained (Psalms 73:7). They speak proudly (Psalms 73:8-9), lead others after themselves (Psalms 73:10), and act as if God does not care how they live (Psalms 73:11; cf. Psalms 94:7). With few cares, they continue to prosper (Psalms 73:12; cf. Psalms 73:4-5). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 73:1-28

This, like Psalms 37, 49, and the book of Job, deals with the perplexing problempresented to thoughtful minds by the prosperity of the wicked and the sufferings of the righteous. The Psalmist has been deeply exercised by this question (Psalms 73:2-14), and after struggling with doubt (Psalms 73:15-16) has learned in the sanctuary of God to understand the end of the wicked (Psalms 73:17-20), and to repent of his own unbelieving thoughts (Psalms 73:21-22). He has found rest in the conviction that... read more

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