Psalms 73:7
They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
Esther 3:11And he said to him, “Let the silver, which you promise, be for yourself. As for the people, do with them as it pleases you.”
Psalms 17:10He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
Psalms 73:12But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Isaiah 3:9The acknowledgement of their countenance is their response. For they have proclaimed their own sin, like Sodom; and they have not concealed it. Woe to their souls! For evils are being repaid to them.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.
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 →