Psalm 73:12

12 Siehe, das sind die Gottlosen; die sind glücklich in der Welt und werden reich.

Psalm 73:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 73:12

Behold, these are the ungodly
Who say and do as before declared; such as these must be without the knowledge of God, the fear, love, and worship of him: who prosper in the world; in worldly and temporal things, in their bodies and outward estates, but not in their souls and spiritual things: "in this world", as the Targum is; all their prosperity is here; their good things are in this life, their evil things will be in that to come; though ungodly, they prosper in the world, and as long as they are in it; or they are at peace and in case, and are quiet; they have nothing to disturb them, they are not in outward trouble, and their sins do not distress them, and they have no concern about another world:

they increase in riches;
which they are in the pursuit of, and overtake and enjoy in great abundance; whereby they become mighty and powerful, as the word ^F15 for "riches" signifies: these words are the observation of the psalmist, and which was the occasion of the following temptation he was led into.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (lyx) "vires", Junius & Tremellius; "potentiam", Piscator.

Psalm 73:12 In-Context

10 Darum fällt ihnen ihr Pöbel zu und laufen ihnen zu mit Haufen wie Wasser

11 und sprechen: "Was sollte Gott nach jenen fragen? Was sollte der Höchste ihrer achten?"

12 Siehe, das sind die Gottlosen; die sind glücklich in der Welt und werden reich.

13 Soll es denn umsonst sein, daß mein Herz unsträflich lebt und ich meine Hände in Unschuld wasche,

14 ich bin geplagt täglich, und meine Strafe ist alle Morgen da?