They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
A quiet death is no sign of a happy eternity, quite the reverse. The wicked slip into judgment without struggle, hardened by presumption and lies, while godly men are bound with holy doubts and anxieties. Their ease is the terrible mark of their ruin; let me rather die troubled than die at peace with my own damnation.
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Psa 73:3-6 Now follows the occasion of the conflict of temptation: the good fortune of those who are estranged from God. In accordance with the gloominess of the theme, the style is also gloomy, and piles up the full-toned suffixes amo and emo (vid., Psa 78:66; Psa 80:7; Psa 83:12, Psa 83:14); both are after the example set by David.
Commenting on Psalm 73:3-6
They suffer no pangs till death comes, free from the diseases and distresses that bind others; their strength remains firm and unbroken all their days. They live at ease and die at ease, wholly unmindful of judgment, putting death far from their thoughts as if it were no concern of theirs.
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