Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
8They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2Now in Maon was a man, who had his possessio in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mightie and had three thousand sheepe, and a thousand goates: and he was shering his sheepe in Carmel.
Esther 3:11And the King sayde vnto Haman, Let the siluer be thine, and the people to doe with them as it pleaseth thee.
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.
Psalms 73:12Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
Isaiah 3:9The triall of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sinnes as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules: for they haue rewarded euil vnto themselues.
Ezekiel 16:49Beholde, this was the iniquitie of thy sister Sodom, Pride, fulnesse of bread, and aboundance of idlenesse was in her, and in her daughters: neither did shee strengthen the hande of the poore and needie.
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 →