Psalms 73:3
Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!
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In The King James Version
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
In Context
Cross References
Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands.
Job 21:7Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?
Psalms 10:5The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look upon the poor. His eyelids question the sons of men.
Psalms 37:7I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
Proverbs 23:17Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long.
Ecclesiastes 7:15In good times, enjoy good things, but beware of an evil time. For just as God has established the one, so also the other, in order that man may not find any just complaint against him.
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 →