They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men.
Parallel translations
- WEB They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
- KJV They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
- BSB They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
- ESV They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
- NASB They are not in trouble like other people, Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind.
- NLT They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
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Quick answer
The wicked seem free from the ordinary burdens and afflictions that trouble other people.
Overview
Asaph observes that the ungodly appear exempt from the common troubles of human life. This apparent freedom from hardship deepened his sense of unfairness. Yet the psalm teaches that such ease is deceptive, for those who forsake God stand on slippery ground that will not hold (verse 18).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- Ps 73:12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- Jer 12:1–2You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Job 21:6When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
- 1 Cor 11:32But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
- Prov 3:11–12My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
- Heb 12:8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
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