“For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”
The statement that the psalmist was envious of the arrogant and saw the prosperity of the wicked articulates the specific source of the crisis: the apparent flourishing of those opposed to God. The envy indicates that the psalmist was tempted to question the value of righteousness. This verse identifies the particular crisis of faith: the wicked seem to prosper.
Church Fathers on Psalms 73:3
1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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