The tents of robbers prosper,\par\tab And they that provoke God are secure;\par\tab Into whose hand God bringeth {\i abundantly}.\par
Psalm 73:3 - American Standard Version 2015 For I was envious at the arrogant,\par\tab When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I was envious at the foolish, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I was envious of the foolish and arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. American Standard Version (1901) For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Common English Bible because I envied the arrogant; I observed how the wicked are well off: Catholic Public Domain Version Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. |
The tents of robbers prosper,\par\tab And they that provoke God are secure;\par\tab Into whose hand God bringeth {\i abundantly}.\par
Upright men shall be astonished at this,\par\tab And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Wherefore do the wicked live,\par\tab Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
{\i God} giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon;\par\tab And his eyes are upon their ways.
His ways are firm at all times;\par\tab Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:\par\tab As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Fret not thyself because of evil-doers,\par\tab Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him:\par\tab Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,\par\tab Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Let not thy heart envy sinners;\par\tab But {\i be thou} in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
Be not thou envious against evil men;\par\tab Neither desire to be with them:
Envy thou not the man of violence,\par\tab And choose none of his ways.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth {\i his life} in his evil-doing.
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.\par
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?