我們要繼續探討詩人對所謂「世上成功人士」那生動的描述：「他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出；他們所得的，過於心裡所想的。他們譏笑人，憑惡意說欺壓人的話；他們說話自高。他們的口褻瀆上天；他們的舌毀謗全地」（詩七十三7-9）。

這些話是多麼深刻地描述了那些無恥和自大地炫耀自己，並且殘暴地蹂躪別人的權利的人。留意這句話：「他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出，」或者正如《國際聖經註釋》（InternationalBibleCommentary）的翻譯所說：「他們忙碌地籌算時，他們亮晶晶的眼睛從脂肪的摺痕中凸出。既優越又自我，他們沉溺在惡意的談論和威脅裡。」今天我們也看到這種人──不敬虔、自我中心，只為了自己而活，完全漠視神的存在。

為甚麼神容許他們有這種態度和行為？這真是令人感到困惑，不是嗎？不過，我們必須明白，我們困惑是因為我們認識一位永恆的神，而祂的旨意和計劃是遠遠超過我們的有限──正如今天的經文清楚告訴我們的一樣。所以在面對每天的生活時，如果我們能夠接受自己不會立刻明白神所做的事情和旨意，那麼我們的困惑就會大大的減少。

We continue examining the psalmist's graphic description of the so-called successful "man of the world": "Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than heart could wish, and the imaginations of their minds overflow with follies. They scoff and wickedly utter oppression, they speak loftily - from on high, maliciously and blasphemously. They set their mouths against and speak down from Heaven, and their tongue swaggers through the earth - invading even Heaven with blasphemy and smearing earth with slanders" (Psa.73:7-9, Amplified Bible).

How perfectly these words describe the person who brazenly flaunts his arrogance and rides roughshod over the rights of others. Note the phrase, "their eyes stand out with fatness", or, as the International Bible Commentary puts it: "Their beady eyes bulged through folds of fat as they busily schemed Superior and cynical, they engaged in malicious talk and threats." We see the same kind of people today - irreligious, self-centred men and women who live only for themselves and view God as an irrelevance.

Why does God allow them to get away with such attitudes and behaviour? Perplexing, isn't it? We must realise, however, that it is only perplexing because we are dealing with the ways of an eternal Being whose thoughts and designs are infinitely greater than our own - as the text at the top of this page clearly tells us. Think about this as you make your way through the day: half our perplexities would never arise if we were prepared not to understand immediately the things that God does or the things that God allows.