Psalm 73:5

5 They are ¹not in trouble as other men, Nor are they ²plagued like mankind.

Psalm 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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Psalm 73:5 In-Context

3 For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.

5 They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind.

6 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.

7 Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Cross References

• 1. Job 21:9; Psalms 73:12
• 2. Psalms 73:14

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "in the trouble of men"
• [b] Or "mortals"
• [c] Lit "with"