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Psalms 73:3–4
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Psalms 73:3
3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
3*For I was enuious at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperity of the wicked.
- Iob. 21.7. psal.37.1. Ierem.12.1
Psalms 73:4
4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
4†For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firme.
- Heb. fat.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 73:3
Feeling envy at another's prosperity or advantage; resentfully desiring what another possesses.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting without proper regard for truth or what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
prosperity
Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Psalms 73:4
Company of men, or an assembly; to unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Properly, fixed; hence, applied to the matter of bodies, it signifies closely compressed; compact; hard; solid.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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Open the full verse study1RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
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Open the full verse study17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
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Open the full verse study7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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Open the full verse study1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
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Open the full verse study1BE not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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Open the full verse study5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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Open the full verse study31¶ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
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Open the full verse study16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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Open the full verse study22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
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Open the full verse study14From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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Open the full verse study15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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Open the full verse study20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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Open the full verse study10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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