Psalms 73:3
For I was envious of the proud, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
In Context
2Yet my feet almost gave way; My steps had well nigh slipped:
4For they have no pains even to their death; Their bodies are in full health.
Cross References
Job 12:6The tents of robbers are in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.
Job 21:7Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?
Psalms 10:5His course is always prosperous; Far in the heights are thy judgments from him; As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 37:7Hope thou patiently on the LORD, And in him place thy trust! Be not angry on account of the prosperous,—On account of him that deviseth deceit!
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners, But continue thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long;
Ecclesiastes 7:15All this have I seen in my days of vanity. There are righteous men who perish in their righteousness, and there are wicked men who live long in their 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 →