Psalms 73:4
For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
In Context
3For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
5They are not in trouble as [other] men, nor are they plagued like [other] men.
Cross References
Job 15:27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
Job 21:23One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance forever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how the wise man dies even as the fool!
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:2-15
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7… Read the whole commentary →