Psalms 73:7
Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
8They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats,—and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Esther 3:11and the king said unto Haman, The silver, is granted thee,—and the people, to do with them, as may seem good in thine eyes.
Psalms 17:10Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,—With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
Psalms 73:12Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
Isaiah 3:9The show of their face, hath answered against them, And their sin—like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For they have requited to themselves, calamity.
Ezekiel 16:49Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,— Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.
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 →