Psalms 73:5
as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
In Context
6they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
Cross References
Job 21:6As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body.
Job 21:30that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
Proverbs 3:11My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him.
1 Corinthians 11:32Yet when we are judged, we are being corrected by the Lord, so that we might not be condemned along with this world.
Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
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 →