Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2And there was a man at Maon, whose business was at Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
Esther 3:11And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.
Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
Isaiah 3:9The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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 →