Psalms 73:6
Therefore is pride their neck-chain: violence envelopeth them as a garment.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5They share not in the trouble of mortals, and with men are they not afflicted.
7Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart's imaginings.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied:
Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings that he had requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescent ornaments, and ear-drops, and purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bent not the knee, nor prostrated himself to him, Haman became full of fury.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?
Psalms 109:29Let my accusers be clothed with confusion, and let them wrap themselves, as with a mantle, in their own shame.
Proverbs 3:31Envy 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 →