the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Psalms 73:8
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They scoff and wickedly speak of oppression;They speak from on high.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
They make other dissolute, they speake oppression with iniurie: they talke proudely and presumptuously.
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; They speak loftily.
They scoff and speak in evil; from on high they speak oppression.
They make fun of others and say cruel things about them. In their pride they make plans to hurt people.
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Corrupte are they, and speake blasphemies maliciously, proude and presumptuous are their wordes.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak loftily [with malice].
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.
They sneer and say cruel things, and because of their pride, they make violent threats.
They scoff and speak with malice, they loftily utter threats.
They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
They imagine and speak evil things: they talk unjustly against the most High.
They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
They laugh at the truth, and speak sinful things about making it hard for others. They speak from a high place.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: they speak loftily.
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
(72-8) They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak as though from on high.
They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.
They make fun of others and speak evil; proudly they speak of hurting others.
They laugh at other people and speak of evil things; they are proud and make plans to oppress others.
They mock, and they speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten oppression.
Thei thouyten and spaken weiwardnesse; thei spaken wickidnesse an hiy.
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
Contextual Overview
A psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure. 2 But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone. 3 For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. 4 They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong. 5 They don't have troubles like other people; they're not plagued with problems like everyone else. 6 They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty. 7 These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for! 8 They scoff and speak only evil; in their pride they seek to crush others. 9 They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth. 10 And so the people are dismayed and confused, drinking in all their words.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
corrupt: Psalms 53:1-4, Proverbs 30:13, Proverbs 30:14
speak wickedly: Psalms 10:2, Psalms 10:10, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 12:4, Psalms 12:5, Exodus 1:9, Exodus 1:10, 1 Samuel 13:19, 1 Kings 21:7-29, Jeremiah 7:9-11, Hosea 7:16
speak loftily: 2 Peter 2:10, Jude 1:16
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:10 - Who is David 1 Samuel 25:11 - Shall I then 2 Kings 18:27 - eat 2 Kings 18:29 - saith 2 Chronicles 32:19 - spake Ezra 4:2 - Assur Psalms 10:3 - boasteth Psalms 12:3 - tongue Psalms 39:1 - that I Psalms 55:3 - oppression Psalms 94:3 - Lord Psalms 94:4 - shall Psalms 139:20 - for they speak Proverbs 6:12 - walketh Isaiah 3:8 - because Isaiah 36:13 - cried Jeremiah 44:16 - we Ezekiel 35:13 - have multiplied Daniel 4:30 - Is not Malachi 3:14 - It is James 3:5 - so 2 Peter 2:18 - they speak
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They are corrupt,.... In themselves, in their principles, and in their practices, being shapen and conceived in sin, and born of the flesh; and are corrupters, or "corrupt" themselves, and their ways, and also others by their corrupt speech, evil communications, and bad examples: or "they consume away"; like smoke, or into it, as Psalms 37:20 or as wax melteth at the fire, Psalms 68:2, where the same word is used as here: or "they cause to consume away" o; "they melt or dissolve others"; they consume them, and waste their estates by their oppression and violence; they make their hearts to melt with their threatening and terrifying words; or they make them dissolute in their lives by keeping them company:
and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak oppression and revolt, threaten with it, Isaiah 59:13, and speak in vindication of it, and in a boasting glorying manner; so Arama; which is speaking wickedly concerning it:
they speak loftily: proudly, arrogantly, in a haughty and imperious manner: or "from on high" p; as if they were in heaven, and above all creatures, and even God himself; and as if what they said were oracles, and to be received as such, without any scruple and hesitation. Thus Pharaoh, Sennacherib, and Nebuchadnezzar spake, Exodus 5:2 and the little horn, or antichrist, Daniel 7:20.
o ימיקו "dissolutos reddunt", Vatablus; "reddent se dissolutos", Montanus; "faciunt tabescere", Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. p ממרום "a sublimi", Musculus, Tigurine version, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "ex alto", Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They are corrupt - literally, “they mock.” The word rendered “they are corrupt” never has this signification. It is the very word - מוק mûq - from which our word mock is derived, and means the same thing. The idea is that they deride religion, or mock at all that pertains to God, and to the retributions of the future world.
And speak wickedly concerning oppression ... - literally, “they speak in wickedness; oppression they speak from on high.” That is, they use arrogant language; they speak in a proud manner, as if they were above others; they use harsh and violent language, not regarding the feelings or the rights of others.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 73:8. They are corrupt — ימיקו yamiku, they mock, act dissolutely.
And speak wickedly concerning oppression — They vindicate excessive acts of government: they push justice to its rigour. They neither show equity, lenity, nor mercy; they are cruel, and they vindicate their proceedings.
