Psalms 73:7
Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
8They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2And [there is] a man in Maon, and his work [is] in Carmel; and the man [is] very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel.
Esther 3:11and the king saith to Haman, 'The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as [it is] good in thine eyes.'
Psalms 17:10Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
Psalms 73:12Lo, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
Isaiah 3:9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.
Ezekiel 16:49Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.
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 →