23. Nevertheless I am continually with thee.] Notwithstanding these foolish thoughts, I am under the care of thy good providence. Bp. Patrick. 27. — thou hast destroyed &c.] Thou hast destroyed those who, forsaking thy service, have devoted themselves to the worship of other gods. Bp. Patrick. See the note on Exod. xxxiv. 16. This Psalm teaches us how we ought to judge of the prosperity of the wicked and the afflictions of the righteous. We ought never to believe that wicked men, who live in mirth and plenty in this world, and who enjoy all their wishes, are truly happy, or that the righteous, because they are afflicted, serve God in vain. Asaph has taught us, that to resist this temptation we must meditate upon the word of God, and the ways of Providence: then we shall find that the felicity of worldly men is vain, and of short duration; and that they are set in slippery places, from whence they fall suddenly. Ostervald. Psalm LXXIV. This Psalm was occasioned by the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple, and the rest of the country of Judea, made by Nebuchadnezzar, or the Babylonish forces. Dr. Wells. Ver. 2. — the rod of thine inheritance.] The "tribe" or portion "of thine inheritance," as in the margin. Bp. Horne. See the note on Jer. x. 16. 9. We see not &c.] We see not any token of thy Divine presence with us, nor is there so much as a Proplet to give us advice or comfort, or to tell us when these calamities will have an end. Travell.