Psalms 73:5
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
In Context
4They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Cross References
Job 21:6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Proverbs 3:11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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 →