The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Psalms 73:3
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 F4 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.
FOOTNOTES:
F4 (Myllwhb) "in arrogantes", Gejerus; "stolide gloriosos", Michaelis;
"at vain glorious fools", Ainsworth.
F5 (Mwlv) "pacem", Pagninus, Musculus, Piscator.
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