Psalms 73:5

5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.

Psalms 73:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
ESV
5 They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
NLT
5 They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
MSG
5 Who have nothing to worry about, not a care in the whole wide world.
CSB
5 They are not in trouble like others; they are not afflicted like most people.

Psalms 73:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 73:5

They are not in trouble, as other men
Either of body or of mind, as the saints are, who through many tribulations enter the kingdom; or are not in "labour" F8, do not labour for food and raiment, or get their bread by the sweat of their brow, as poor men do; nor are weary, so Arama: "neither are they plagued like other men"; smitten of God, corrected, and chastised by him, as his children are; the rod of God is not upon them, ( Job 21:9 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F8 (lmeb) "in labore", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus.

Psalms 73:5 In-Context

3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; their evil imaginations have no limits.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Job 21:9; ver 12; Ezekiel 23:42
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