Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee. He does not give up his faith, though he confesses his folly. Sin may distress us, and yet we may be in communion with God. It is sin beloved and delighted in which separates us from the Lord, but when we bewail it heartily, the Lord will not withdraw from us. What a contrast is here in this and the former verse!
Stumbling without falling teaches you to take longer steps forward. God would never permit temptation unless His grace were enough not merely to save us from harm, but to make us gain by it. Even this shall work for good.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 73:21-28
Nevertheless, I am continually with thee,.... Upon the heart of God, in his hands, under his eye, under his wings of protection and care, and not suffered to depart from him finally and totally; he could not be disunited and removed from him by the above temptation; nor was he left to cast off the fear of the Lord, and to forsake his worship and...