Psalms 73:4 - Exposition

For there are no bands in their death; or, no sufferings ( δυσπάθειαι , Aquila; "torments," Cheyne); comp. Job 21:13 , "They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave;" and Job 21:23 , "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.