Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
Judges 8:26The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
Job 21:7“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
Psalms 109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
Proverbs 3:31Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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 →