Psalms 73:4

And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; 1 They have set up their standards for signs, 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

In Context

3Lift up thy hands against their pride continually; 1 Because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places. 1

5Ignorantly as it were in the entrance above; 1

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Cross References

Job 15:27For he has covered his face with his fat, 1 And made layers of fat upon his thighs. 1

Job 21:23One shall die in his perfect strength, 1 And wholly at ease and prosperous; 1

Psalms 17:10And he bowed the heaven, and came down: 1 And thick darkness was under his feet. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise man 1 With the fool forever; 1 Forasmuch as now in the coming days 1 All things are forgotten: 1 And how shall the wise man die with the fool? 1

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 →

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