God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:9
9They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.
Psalms 73:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.
Context of Psalms 73:9
7Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild. 8They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression. They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth. 10That is why God’s people turn to wickedness and swallow their words. 11Then wicked people ask, “What does God know?” “Does the Most High know anything?”
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:9 word by word
שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:9
- Exodus 5:2Pharaoh asked, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I won’t let Israel go.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:15Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom could save his people from me or my ancestors. Certainly, your God will not rescue you from me!”
- Job 21:14But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone. We don’t want to know your ways.
- Daniel 3:15When you hear the sound of the rams’ horns, flutes, lyres, harps, and three-stringed harps playing at the same time with all other kinds of instruments, will you bow down and worship the gold statue I made? If you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. What god can save you from my power then?”
- Daniel 7:25He will speak against the Most High God, oppress the holy people of the Most High, and plan to change the appointed times and laws. The holy people will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half of a time.
- Revelation 13:6It opened its mouth to insult God, to insult his name and his tent—those who are living in heaven.
- Psalms 52:4You love every destructive accusation, you deceitful tongue!
- Luke 18:4“For a while the judge refused to do anything. But then he thought, ‘This widow really annoys me. Although I don’t fear God or respect people,
- James 3:6The tongue is that kind of flame. It is a world of evil among the parts of our bodies, and it completely contaminates our bodies. The tongue sets our lives on fire, and is itself set on fire from hell.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Set 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9They 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The proud boast, claiming that they own everything and are not subject to anyone (see Psalm 2:1–3).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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