Psalm - 73:5



5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 73:5.

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They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like other men:
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they afflicted like other men.
In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

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Historical Commentaries

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They are not in the trouble that is common to man. Here it is declared that the wicked enjoy a delightful repose, and are as it were by special privilege exempted from the miseries to which mankind in general are subject. They also are no doubt involved in afflictions as well as the good, and God often executes his judgments upon them; but, for the express purpose of trying our faith, he always places some of them as it were upon an elevated stage, who appear to be privileged to live in a state of exemption from calamities, as is here described. Now, when we consider that the life of men is full of labor and miseries, and that this is the law and condition of living appointed for all, it is a sore temptation to behold the despisers of God indulging themselves in their luxurious pleasures and enjoying great ease, as if they were elevated above the rest of the world into a region of pleasure, where they had a nest for themselves apart.

They are not in trouble as other men - Margin, "In the trouble of other men." Literally, "In the labor of man they are not;" that is, they are exempt from the common burdens and troubles of humanity, or those which pertain to man as man. There seems to be some special interposition in their favor to save them from the common calamities which come upon the race.
Neither are they plagued like other men - Margin, "with." Literally, "And with mankind they are not afflicted," or smitten. The calamities which come so thickly and heavily on the race do not seem to come upon them. They are favored, prospered, happy, while others are afflicted.

They are not in trouble, as other men,.... Either of body or of mind, as the saints are, who through many tribulations enter the kingdom; or are not in "labour" (h), do not labour for food and raiment, or get their bread by the sweat of their brow, as poor men do; nor are weary, so Arama: "neither are they plagued like other men"; smitten of God, corrected, and chastised by him, as his children are; the rod of God is not upon them, Job 21:9.
(h) "in labore", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus.

As other men - As good men frequently are.

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