Psalms 73:4
For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
In Context
3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
Cross References
Job 15:27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
Job 21:23One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
Psalms 17:10they have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
Jeremiah 5:28They are grown gross and fat: andhave most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of 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 →