Psalm 73:8 They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

◄ Psalm 73:8 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

English Standard Version
They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.

New American Standard Bible
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.

King James Bible
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They mock, and they speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten oppression.

International Standard Version
In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

American Standard Version
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.

Darby Bible Translation
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:

Young's Literal Translation
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

Cross References

James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!

2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Jude 1:16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 10:2
The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Psalm 17:10
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Ezekiel 7:11
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

73:1-14 The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tried the graces of many saints. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved to abide. It is the goodness of God. This is a truth which cannot be shaken. Good thoughts of God will fortify against Satan's temptations. The faith even of strong believers may be sorely shaken, and ready to fail. There are storms that will try the firmest anchors. Foolish and wicked people have sometimes a great share of outward prosperity. They seem to have the least share of the troubles of this life; and they seem to have the greatest share of its comforts. They live without the fear of God, yet they prosper, and get on in the world. Wicked men often spend their lives without much sickness, and end them without great pain; while many godly persons scarcely know what health is, and die with great sufferings. Often the wicked are not frightened, either by the remembrance of their sins, or the prospect of their misery, but they die without terror. We cannot judge men's state beyond death, by what passes at their death. He looked abroad, and saw many of God's people greatly at a loss. Because the wicked are so very daring, therefore his people return hither; they know not what to say to it, and the rather, because they drink deep of the bitter cup of affliction. He spoke feelingly when he spoke of his own troubles; there is no disputing against sense, except by faith. From all this arose a strong temptation to cast off religion. But let us learn that the true course of sanctification consists in cleansing a man from all pollution both of soul and body. The heart is cleansed by the blood of Christ laid hold upon by faith; and by the begun works of the Lord's Spirit, manifested in the hearty resolution, purpose, and study of holiness, and a blameless course of life and actions, the hands are cleansed. It is not in vain to serve God and keep his ordinances.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. They are corrupt—or, literally, "they deride," they speak maliciously and arrogantly and invade even heaven with blasphemy (Re 13:6), and cover earth with slanders (Job 21:7-14).