Sálmarnir 73:3

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3 því að ég fylltist gremju út af hinum hrokafullu, þegar ég sá gengi hinna guðlausu.

Bible Verse Review
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I was: Psalms 37:1, Psalms 37:7, Job 21:7, Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 24:1, Jeremiah 12:1, James 4:5

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:2 - man Job 5:3 - taking Job 8:16 - green Job 9:24 - earth Job 24:23 - it be given Psalms 14:1 - fool Psalms 37:35 - I have Psalms 66:7 - let Psalms 73:12 - prosper Psalms 73:21 - my heart Proverbs 23:17 - not Proverbs 24:19 - neither Ecclesiastes 7:15 - there is a wicked Ecclesiastes 9:1 - no man Ecclesiastes 9:2 - alike Habakkuk 1:3 - General Habakkuk 1:13 - wherefore Malachi 2:17 - Every Luke 6:24 - woe Luke 12:16 - The ground Luke 16:19 - clothed James 5:1 - ye 1 Peter 2:1 - envies

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 d 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.

d בהוללים "in arrogantes", Gejerus; "stolide gloriosos", Michaelis; "at vain glorious fools", Ainsworth. e שלום "pacem", Pagninus, Musculus, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I was envious at the foolish - The word “foolish” here refers to sinners. It may either refer to them as foolish, or as proud, insolent, vain - for so the word is elsewhere used. See Psalms 14:1.

When I saw the prosperity of the wicked - More literally, “the peace of the wicked.” The reference is not so much to their prosperity in general as to their peace; their conscious safety; their freedom from trouble; and especially their calmness, and their freedom from suffering, in death. From all this he was led for the moment to doubt whether there was any advantage in religion; whether God was just; and whether he befriended the righteous anymore than he did the wicked.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 73:3. I was envious at the foolish — I saw persons who worshipped not the true God, and others who were abandoned to all vices, in possession of every temporal comfort, while the godly were in straits, difficulties, and affliction. I began then to doubt whether there was a wise providence; and my mind became irritated. It seems to have been a maxim among the ancient heathens, Θεου ονειδος τους κακους ευδαιμονειν, "The prosperity of the wicked is a reproach to the gods." But they had no just conception of a state of future rewards and punishments. Besides, man could not bear prosperity. If men had uninterrupted comforts here, perhaps not one soul would ever seek a preparation for heaven. Human trials and afflictions, the general warfare of human life, are the highest proof of a providence as benevolent as it is wise. Were the state of human affairs different from what it is, hell would be more thickly peopled; and there would be fewer inhabitants in glory. There is reason to doubt whether there would be any religion upon earth had we nothing but temporal prosperity. Indeed, all the following verses are proofs of it.