Psalms 73:8
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
9They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife said unto him: 'Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'
Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 12:4(12-5) Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
Psalms 17:10Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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 →