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Psalms 73:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 73:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For there are no bands in their death; or, no sufferings ( δυσπάθειαι, Aquila; "torments," Cheyne); comp. , "They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave;" and , "One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet."

Such deaths often happen, and are a severe trial of faith to those who have no firm conviction of the reality of a hereafter. But their strength is firm; literally, their body is plump (Cheyne). But the Authorized Version probably gives the true meaning.

They drop into the grave while their strength is still undiminished.

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