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because I envied the boastful
when I saw the well-being[a] of the wicked.
For there are no pains up to their death,
and their bodies are healthy.[b]
They do not have ordinary trouble,[c]
and they are not plagued as other people.[d]

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  1. Psalm 73:3 Or “peace” or “prosperity”
  2. Psalm 73:4 Literally “fat”
  3. Psalm 73:5 Literally “the trouble of man”
  4. Psalm 73:5 Hebrew “humankind”

For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

They have no struggles;
    their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
They are free(C) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.

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  1. Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy