Psalms 73:7
Their eyes bulge with fat.Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.Violence covers them like a garment.
8They scoff and speak with malice.In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Esther 3:11The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
Psalms 17:10They close up their callous hearts.With their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked.Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Isaiah 3:9The look of their faces testify against them.They parade their sin like Sodom.They do not hide it.Woe to their soul!For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Ezekiel 16:49"'Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
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 →