Psalms 73:8
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
1 Kings 21:7Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Psalms 10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
Psalms 12:4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
Psalms 17:10They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
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 →