John Trapp on Psalms 73:1

PSAL. LXXIII.

A Pſalm of Aſaph] Who was not only an excellent Muſician, but a Prophet alſo, an Oratour, and a Poet; not unlike (for his ſtile) to Horace, or Perſius, This, and the ten next Pſalms, that bear this name in the front, conſiſt of complaints for moſt part, and ſad matters.

Verſ. 1. Truly God is good to Iſrael] Or, Yet God is, &c. Thus the Pſalmiſt beginneth abruptly after a ſore Conflict; throwing off the Devil, and his fiery Darts, where-with his heart for a while had been wounded. It is beſt to break off temptations of corrupt and carnal reaſonings, and to ſilence doubts and diſputes, leſt wee be foyled. Hee ſhoots (ſaith Greenham) with Satan in his own bow, who thinks by diſputing and reaſoning to put him off.

To ſuch as are of a clean heart] Such as are Iſraelites indeed, and not Hypocrites and diſſemblers. For as for ſuch as turn a ſide unto their crooked wayes, the Lord ſhall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity (as malefactours are led forth to execution) but Peace ſhall be upon Iſrael, Pſal. 125.5. upon the Iſrael of God, Gal. 6.16.