Psalms 73:6
they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,
7They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
Judges 8:26And the weight of the earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, aside from the ornaments, and necklaces, and purple garments, which the kings of Midian were accustomed to use, and aside from the gold chains on the camels.
Esther 3:5Now when Haman had heard this, and had proved by a test that Mordecai did not bend his knee to him, nor adore him, he was very angry.
Job 21:7Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?
Proverbs 3:31Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate 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 →