Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
7Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor prostrated himself before him, then was Haman full of wrath.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
Psalms 109:29Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.
Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of 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 →