Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Context
5They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
7Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:13And thy beastes, and thy sheepe are increased, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is increased,
Judges 8:26And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of golde, beside collers and iewels, and purple rayment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the cheynes that were about their camels neckes.
Esther 3:5And when Haman sawe that Mordecai bowed not the knee vnto him, nor did reuerence vnto him, then Haman was full of wrath.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
Psalms 109:29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.
Proverbs 3:31Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
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 →