Psalms 73:5

5 (72-5) They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.

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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Psalms 73:5 In-Context

3 (72-3) Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

4 (72-4) For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

5 (72-5) They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.

6 (72-6) Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

7 (72-7) Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.