Psalms 73:6
They cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; 1 They have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5Ignorantly as it were in the entrance above; 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13and thy oxen and thy sheep are multiplied to thee, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied to thee, and all thy possessions are multiplied to thee,
Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the ungodly live, 1 And grow old even in wealth? 1
Proverbs 3:31Procure not the reproaches of bad men, 1 Neither do thou covet their ways. 1
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 →