Psalms 73:12

“Behold, these are the ungodly, etc.] Who say and do as before declared; such as these must be without the knowledge of God, the fear, love, and worship of him: who prosper in the world; in worldly and temporal things, in their bodies and outward estates, but not in their souls and spiritual things: “in this world”, as the Targum is; all their prosperity is here; their good things are in this life, their evil things will be in that to come; though ungodly, they prosper in the world, and as long as they are in it; or they are at peace and in case, and are quiet; they have nothing to disturb them, they are not in outward trouble, and their sins do not distress them, and they have no concern…”

“Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world - This is also to be understood as the language of the good man perplexed and embarrassed by the fact that the wicked are prosperous and happy. The meaning is, “Lo, these are wicked people - people of undoubted depravity; they are people who live regardless of God; and yet they are peaceful, tranquil, happy, prospered.” This was one of the facts which so much embarrassed the psalmist. If there had been any doubt about the character of those people, the case would have been different. But there was none. They were people whose character for wickedness was well known, and yet they were permitted to live in peace and prosperity, as if they…”

“Behold - These seem to be the words of the psalmist, summing up the matter. Psalms 73:13”

“these: Psa 37:35, Psa 52:7; Jer 12:1, Jer 12:2; Luk 16:19; Jam 5:1-3 prosper: Psa 73:3 they: Psa 17:14, Psa 62:10; Jer 5:17, Jer 5:28; Hos 12:7, Hos 12:8 Psalms 73:13”