Psalms 73:7
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Esther 3:11The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
Psalms 17:10They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Isaiah 3:9The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Ezekiel 16:49“‘“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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 →