Psalms 73:8
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
9They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9So he said, unto his people, Lo! the people of the sons of Israel are too many and mighty for us!
1 Kings 21:7Then Jezebel his wife said unto him: Art, thou, still, going to carry on the kingdom over Israel? Rise! eat food, and let thy heart be merry, I, will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite!
Psalms 10:2In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!
Psalms 12:4Them who say—With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?
Psalms 17:10Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,—With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
Proverbs 30:13A generation! How lofty are its eyes, and its eyelashes uplifted.
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 →