Psalms 73:8
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
In Context
7Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 1:9and he saith unto his people, 'Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty than we;
1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, 'Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, — I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'
Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Psalms 12:4Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?'
Psalms 17:10Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
Proverbs 30:13A generation — how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
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 →