Psalms 73:9
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh busily on the earth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
In Context
8They scorn, and speak wickedly of oppression: loftily do they speak.
10Therefore do his people turn away hither: and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:15And now let not Hezekiah deceive you, and let him not mislead you in this manner, nor believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom whatever was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less will you Gods, deliver you out of my hand!
Psalms 52:4(52:6) Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit.
Daniel 7:25And he will speak words against the Most High, and the saints of the Most High will he oppress, and think to change the festivals and the law: and they will be given up into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
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 →