Psalms 73:8 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 73:8

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

YLT

They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

DBT

They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

34 verses on the floor

James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
Jude 1:16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
Psalms 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

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The prosperous wicked are insolently proud (compare Ps 5:5). They die, as well as live, free from perplexities: pride adorns them, and violence is their clothing; indeed they are inflated with unexpected success.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

); they affect great swelling words of vanity ( 2 Pet. ii. 18 ), bragging of themselves and disdaining all about them. Out of the abundance of the pride that is in their heart they speak big. [1.] It made them oppressive to their poor neighbours (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 73:8PSA 10:2 PSA 31:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 73:8PSA 10:2 PSA 59:12
PSA 73:8JUD 1:16 2PE 2:18
PSA 73:8PSA 10:2 PSA 36:11
PSA 73:8JUD 1:16 PHP 2:14
PSA 73:8PSA 10:2 PSA 7:16
PSA 73:8PSA 10:2 PRO 5:22
PSA 73:8JUD 1:16 2PE 2:10

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