Psalms 73:9
They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
In Context
8They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
10Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:15Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah beguile you nor persuade you thus, neither do ye believe him. For no, god, of any nation or kingdom hath ever been able to deliver his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my fathers,-how much less shall, your gods, deliver you, out of my hand?
Psalms 52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
Daniel 7:25and, words against the Most High, will he speak, and, the holy ones of the Highest, will he afflict,—and will hope to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand, for a season and seasons and the dividing of a season,
James 3:6And, the tongue, is a fire,—[as], the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna!
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 →