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Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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An Honest, Painful Observation
Commentators agree this verse captures the psalmist's raw, unfiltered observation: the wicked often live lives of ease and ever-increasing wealth. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Calvin note the prosperity seems stable and long-lasting, not just a temporary fluke. This honest portrayal of a common spiritual struggle validates the feelings of believers who are perplexed by the apparent injustices of the world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world - This is also to be understood as the language of the good man, perplexed …
19th Century
Anglican
The mutual relation of these verses has been the subject of many conflicting opinions. The following is the arrangement that seems preferable—“…
Baptist
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
And this is what the good man said,
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16th Century
Protestant
Behold! these are the ungodly. The Psalmist here shows, as it were, by a vivid pictorial representation, the character of that envy which …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, these are the ungodly Who say and do as before declared; such as these must be without the knowledge of God,…
The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tested the graces of many saints. But he lay…
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