Psalms 73:12
10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
- KJV
- Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
- WEB
- Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- ASV
- Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
- DARBY
- Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
- BLB
- Behold, these [are] the wicked, and at ease always, they have increased in wealth.
- ÅB
- Se, dette er de ugudelige, og evig trygge vokser de i velmakt.
- OTB
- Se, dette er de ugudelige;
Alltid i ro, de øker i rikdom. - B1930
- Se, dette er de ugudelige, og evig trygge vokser de i velmakt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Read in contextHosea 12:7–8
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Read in contextJames 5:1–3
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Read in contextPsalms 37:35
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Read in contextJeremiah 12:1–2
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Read in contextLuke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
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