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Psalm 73:1-3
Psalm 73:1-3
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“slipped” (v2)ref. Dt. 32:35
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence;
Their foot shall slide in due time:
For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
“foothold” (v2) Psalm 69:2; Ephesians 4:27
Neither give place to the devil.
“envied” (v3) Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways.
Let not thine heart envy sinners:
But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
Be not thou envious against evil men,
Neither desire to be with them.
For their heart studieth destruction,
And their lips talk of mischief.
In Psalm 73:1 the psalmist declares his confidence in God...
In Psalm 73:2 the psalmist recounts his inward conflict...
In Psalm 73:3 the psalmist states his temptation...
ASAPH ā’ săf (אָסָ֖ף, collecter or gatherer).
1. The most prominent person bearing this name was Asaph, son of Berachiah, of the family of Gershom, who headed the service of music in the reigns of David and Solomon (1 Chron 6:39; 15:17; 16:5; 2 Chron 5:12).
Superscriptions of twelve psalms (Ps. 50, 73-83) indicate Asaphic authorship.
The style of Asaph is distinctive, forceful, and spiritual.
He is referred to as a prophet and poet (2 Chron 29:30; Neh 12:46).
He was one of David’s three musicians along with Heman and Ethan or Jeduthun.
Asaph is first mentioned when the Ark of the covenant was transferred to Jerusalem from the home of Obed-edom (1 Chron 15:16-19).
He led the service of music in the tent where the Ark was kept (1 Chron 16:4, 5, 7, 37).
Four of Asaph’s sons conducted under him and participated in the dedication of the Temple (2 Chron 5:12).
The “sons of Asaph” are mentioned as choristers in the Temple (1 Chron 25:1; 2 Chron 20:14).
From all indications, in addition to leading the singing and sounding the cymbals before the Ark, Asaph headed a school of music, where his children are said to number 148 (Neh 7:44).
Some 128 of his family returned from Babylon (Ezra 2:41) and served in Zerubbabel’s temple (Ezra 3:10).
The sons of Asaph of later times formed a guild and were prominent in the revivals of the nation’s faith.
They shared the ministry of music with the sons of Korah in the later period of OT history.
