Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Esther 3:11And the king said unto Haman: 'The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.'
Psalms 17:10Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:12Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
Isaiah 3:9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have wrought evil unto 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; neither did she 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 →