תהלים 73:9

Hebrew Modern Translation

שתו בשמים פיהם ולשונם תהלך בארץ׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
בשמים פיהם ולשונם תהלך בארץ

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּֽהֲלַךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Exodus 5:2, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Job 21:14, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:6

tongue: Psalms 52:4, Luke 18:4, James 3:6

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:29 - saith 2 Kings 19:22 - Whom 2 Chronicles 32:16 - yet Job 15:25 - he stretcheth Psalms 10:3 - boasteth Psalms 12:3 - tongue Psalms 39:1 - that I Psalms 73:11 - How Psalms 94:4 - shall Psalms 139:20 - for they speak Proverbs 6:12 - walketh Isaiah 3:8 - because Isaiah 36:13 - cried Isaiah 36:20 - that the Lord Isaiah 37:23 - Whom hast Jeremiah 44:16 - we Jeremiah 44:18 - we have Ezekiel 35:13 - have multiplied Hosea 7:16 - the rage James 3:5 - so 2 Peter 2:18 - they speak

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They set their mouth against the heavens,.... Against God in heaven, see Daniel 4:26, against his being, saying, there is no God; against his perfections, thinking him to be such an one as themselves; against his purposes and decrees, replying against him, and charging him with insincerity, cruelty, and unrighteousness; and against his providence, either denying it, or affirming it to be unequal; and against his doctrines, ordinances, and ministers. Aben Ezra interprets it also of the angels of heaven, who are spoken against, when it is denied that there are any such beings, as were by the Sadducees; and blasphemed, when the worshipping of them is introduced. The Targum understands it of the saints of heaven, with which compare Revelation 13:6 it may be applied to civil magistrates, the higher powers, who represent on earth God in heaven; and there are some that despise dominion, and speak evil of such dignities:

and their tongue walketh through the earth: sparing none, high nor low, but injures all sorts of persons with their lies and calumnies. This denotes the unbridled liberty which wicked men take with their tongues; there is no restraint upon them, no stopping of them; see Psalms 12:5 the universal mischief they are continually doing, and the diabolical influence of their detraction and falsehood; like Satan, their tongues walk to and fro in the earth, doing all the injury to the credit and characters of men they possibly can.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They set their mouth against the heavens - Compare Revelation 13:6. Literally, “They set their mouth in heaven,” or in the heavens. The idea is, they speak as if they were “in” the heavens; as if they were clothed with all authority; as if they were superior beings, and had a right to command the universe.

And their tongue walketh through the earth - It has no limit; it is as if it roamed over all the earth. They speak without any restraint of law, or propriety; without any regard to the command of God, or to what is due to people, In other words, they seem to set themselves above all law, and to act as if there were no one in heaven or in earth to control them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 73:9. Set their mouth against the heavens — They blaspheme God, ridicule religion, mock at Providence, and laugh at a future state.

Their tongue walketh through the earth. — They find fault with every thing; they traduce the memory of the just in heaven, and ridicule the saints that are upon earth. They criticize every dispensation of God.