Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5They are not in trouble as [other] men, nor are they plagued like [other] men.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou have is multiplied,
Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains tha
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor did him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath.
Job 21:7Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
Psalms 109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
Proverbs 3:31Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:2-15
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7… Read the whole commentary →