God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:7
7Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild.
Psalms 73:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- New International Version (NIV)From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.
Context of Psalms 73:7
5They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued ⌞with problems⌟ like others. 6That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing. Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild. 8They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression. 9They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.
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יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:7
- Psalms 17:10They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.
- Psalms 119:70Their hearts are cold and insensitive, ⌞yet⌟ I am happy with your teachings.
- Job 15:27“His face is bloated with fat, and he is fat around the waist.
- Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins, which are like ⌞those of the people of⌟ Sodom. They don’t even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people, because they have brought disaster on themselves.
- Jeremiah 5:28They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They don’t defend the rights of the poor.
- Ezekiel 16:49This is what your sister Sodom has done wrong. She and her daughters were proud that they had plenty of food and had peace and security. They didn’t help the poor and the needy.
- Psalms 73:12Look how wicked they are! They never have a worry. They grow more and more wealthy.
- Psalms 17:14With your power rescue me from mortals, O Lord, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied ⌞with it⌟, and they leave what remains to their children.
- 1 Samuel 25:2Now, there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very rich man. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- Luke 12:16Then he used this illustration. He said, “A rich man had land that produced good crops.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Their eyes stand out with fatness - "Their countenance is changed because of fatness." - Chaldee. By fatness, or corpulency, the natural lines of the face are changed, or rather obliterated. The characteristic distinctions are gone; and we see little remaining besides the human hog. They have more than heart could wish - I doubt this translation. Whose heart ever said, I have enough, which had not its portion with God? It would be more literal to say…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Their eyes stand out with fatness - As the fruit of their high living. They are not weakened and emaciated by toil and want, as other men often are. Compare the notes at Psalm 17:10. They have more than heart could wish - Margin, “they pass the thoughts of the heart.” Literally, “the imaginations or thoughts of the heart pass;” pass along; pass forth. The meaning seems to be, not that they have more than heart could desire, as in our translation - for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-12The psalmist gives an exaggerated picture of the happiness of the wicked (compare Psalm 1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-93-9. The prosperous wicked are insolently proud (compare Psa 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. With all this--Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 73
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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