Psalms 73:3

Lift up thine hands against their pride continually; because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

In Context

2Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.

4And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,

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Cross References

Job 12:6even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.

Job 21:7Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?

Psalms 10:5The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Psalms 37:7I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.

Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Ecclesiastes 7:15I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in 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 →

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