Psalms 73:4
And their might [is] firm.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
In Context
3The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
5In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
Cross References
Job 15:27For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
Job 21:23This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
Psalms 17:10Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
Ecclesiastes 2:16That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
Jeremiah 5:28They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
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 →