Psalms 73:4
And those who hate you have been glorified, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their own signs as a proof,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
In Context
5as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
Cross References
Job 15:27Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides.
Job 21:23This one dies strong and healthy, rich and happy.
Psalms 17:10He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there will not be a remembrance in perpetuity of the wise, nor of the foolish. And the future times will cover everything together, with oblivion. The learned die in a manner similar to the unlearned.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.
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 →