Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked; and yet prospering continually they increase in wealth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
In Context
11And they say, How should God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
13Verily in vain have I thus cleansed my heart, and have washed in innocency my hands:
Cross References
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 52:7(52:9) “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”
Jeremiah 5:17And they shall consume thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; they shall consume thy flocks and thy herds; they shall consume thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall depopulate thy fortified cities, those wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Jeremiah 12:1[Too] righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of [the principles of] justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal treacherously?
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 →