Psalms 73:7
Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart's imaginings.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore is pride their neck-chain: violence envelopeth them as a garment.
8They scorn, and speak wickedly of oppression: loftily do they speak.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2And there was a man in Ma'on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel.
Esther 3:11And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, that people also, to do therewith as it seemeth good in thy eyes.
Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked; and yet prospering continually they increase in wealth.
Isaiah 3:9The boldness of their face testifieth against them; and like Sodom they tell openly their sin, they conceal it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have prepared evil unto themselves.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: Pride, abundance of food, and prosperous security were hers and her daughters'; but the hand of the poor and needy did she not strengthen.
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 →