Psalm 73:3 {72:3}
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Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

I was

Psalm 37:1,7 Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity. . . .

Job 21:7 Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?

Proverbs 3:31 For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

Proverbs 24:1 Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:

Jeremiah 12:1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

James 4:5 Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.4For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.…
Cross References
Job 21:7
Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?

Psalm 5:5
Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

Psalm 17:14
From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

Psalm 37:1
Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

Psalm 37:7
Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

Psalm 73:4
For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

Proverbs 23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:

Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.

Jeremiah 12:1
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I envied
קִ֭נֵּאתִי (qin·nê·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

the arrogant
בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑ים (ba·hō·wl·lîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1984: To shine

[when] I saw
אֶרְאֶֽה׃ (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the prosperity
שְׁל֖וֹם (šə·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

of the wicked.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person


Additional Translations
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners.

For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.

For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
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