Psalms 73:9
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
In Context
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: they speak loftily.
10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out by them.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither believe ye him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Psalms 52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Daniel 7:25And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High: and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
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 →