Psalms 73:8
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
1 Kings 21:7But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
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 →