Psalms 73:4
And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
In Context
5ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
Cross References
Job 15:27For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
Job 21:23One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous;
Psalms 17:10And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?
Jeremiah 5:28and they have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
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 →