Psalms 73:3
For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
In Context
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
4For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
Cross References
Job 12:6The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
Psalms 10:5His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 37:7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Ecclesiastes 7:15All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.
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 →