Psalms 73:8
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.
1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry. I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Psalms 10:2In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Psalms 12:4who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?
Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.
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 →