Psalms 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
King James Version
In Context
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Psalms 10:2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Proverbs 30:13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and 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 →