Psalms 73:3
The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
In Context
2As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
Cross References
Job 12:6At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Psalms 10:5Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.
Psalms 37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Ecclesiastes 7:15The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging [himself] in his wrong.
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 →