John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 73:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For I was envious at the foolish, etc.] The atheists, as in (<191401>Psalm 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 f1014 here used signifies; the external happiness of these, their riches, health, and ease, were envied by the psalmist; (see <193701>Psalm 37:1), when I saw the prosperity of the wicked, or “the peace of the wicked” f1015; with an evil eye. This was the occasion of his slip and fall, this was the temptation he was left unto for a while.

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