Psalms 73:4
For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
In Context
3For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
5Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.
Cross References
Job 15:27For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
Job 21:23This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
Psalms 17:10Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,—With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of a wise man, more than of a dullard, unto times age-abiding,—seeing that, already, in the days to come, all hath been forgotten, how then cometh it that the wise man dieth equally with the dullard?
Jeremiah 5:28They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper,—Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
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 →