Psalms 73:4
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
King James Version
In Context
3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Cross References
Job 15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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 →