Psalms 73:14
You have broken the heads of the serpent. You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
In Context
13In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
15You have disrupted the fountains and the torrents. You have dried up the rivers of Ethan.
Cross References
Job 7:3so also have I had empty months and have counted my burdensome nights.
Job 10:3Does it seem good to you, if you find fault with me and oppress me, the work of your own hands, and assist the counsel of the impious?
Psalms 34:19May those who are my unjust adversaries not be glad over me: those who have hated me without cause, and who nod agreement with their eyes.
Jeremiah 15:18Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
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 →