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Psalm 73:3

Listen to Psalm 73:3
3 Denn ich beneidete die Übermütigen, als ich sah die Wohlfahrt der Gesetzlosen.

Psalm 73:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 73:3

For I was envious at the foolish
The atheists, as in ( Psalms 14:1 ) , who deny the creation, as Arama; the wicked, as after explained, as all wicked men are, how wise soever they may be in things natural and civil, yet in religious things, in things of a spiritual nature, they have no understanding; they are proud boasters, glory in themselves, and in their outward attainments, as the word F4 here used signifies; the external happiness of these, their riches, health, and ease, were envied by the psalmist; see ( Psalms 37:1 ) ,

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked,
or "the peace of the wicked" {e}; with an evil eye. This was the occasion of his slip and fall, this was the temptation he was left unto for a while.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Myllwhb) "in arrogantes", Gejerus; "stolide gloriosos", Michaelis; "at vain glorious fools", Ainsworth.
F5 (Mwlv) "pacem", Pagninus, Musculus, Piscator.
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Psalm 73:3 In-Context

1 Ein Psalm; von Asaph. Fürwahr, Gott ist Israel gut, denen, die reinen Herzens sind.
2 Ich aber, wenig fehlte, so wären meine Füße abgewichen, um nichts wären ausgeglitten meine Schritte.
3 Denn ich beneidete die Übermütigen, als ich sah die Wohlfahrt der Gesetzlosen.
4 Denn keine Qualen haben sie bei ihrem Tode, und wohlgenährt ist ihr Leib.
5 Nicht sind sie im Ungemach der Sterblichen, und mit den Menschen werden sie nicht geplagt.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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