Psalms 73:8
They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
9They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he sayde vnto his people, Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are greater and mightier then we.
1 Kings 21:7Then Iezebel his wife sayde vnto him, Doest thou nowe gouerne the kingdome of Israel? vp, eate bread, and be of good cheere, I will giue thee the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite.
Psalms 10:2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
Psalms 12:4Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.
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 →