Psalms 73:11
They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
In Context
10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Psalms 44:21won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
Ezekiel 8:12Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘The LORD doesn’t see us. The LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Zephaniah 1:12It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
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 →