Psalms 73 · Verse 7

Psalms 73:7

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psalms 73:7, King James Version

Psalms 73:7 in other translations

BSBFrom their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
WEBTheir eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
ASVTheir eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
YLTTheir eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
DARBYTheir eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
BBETheir eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
WebsterTheir eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

What does Psalms 73:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 73:3-9

3-9. 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--

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Their 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, "They surpass the thoughts of their heart." They have more than they expected, though not more than they wish.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 73:1-14

The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tried the graces of many saints. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved to abide. It is the goodness of God. This is a truth which cannot be shaken. Good thoughts of God will fortify against Satan's temptations. The faith even of strong believers may be sorely shaken, and ready to fail. There are…

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Psalms 73:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יָ֭צָאYa.tza'it comes outH3318
מֵחֵ֣לֶבme.Che.levfrom fatH2459
עֵינֵ֑מוֹ'ei.Ne.moveye theirH5869
עָ֝בְר֗וּ'a.ve.Ruthey pass overH5674
מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmas.ki.Yot[the] imaginations ofH4906
לֵבָֽב\׃le.VavheartH3824

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 73:7

  • Job 15:27

    Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

  • Jeremiah 5:28

    They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Psalms 17:10

    They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Psalms 73:12

    Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  • 1 Samuel 25:36

    And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • 1 Samuel 25:2

    And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

  • Ezekiel 16:49

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

  • Luke 12:16-19

    And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • Psalms 119:70

    Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

  • Psalms 17:14

    From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
eyes.
17:10; 119:70; Job 15:27; Isa 3:9; Jer 5:28; Eze 16:49
have, etc. Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart.
12; 17:14; 1Sa 25:2,36; Lu 12:16-19

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Context

  • Psalms 73:6

    Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

  • Psalms 73:7

    Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

  • Psalms 73:8

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

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Psalms 73:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sus ojos están salidos de gruesos: logran con creces los antojos del corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les yeux leur sortent de graisse; ils dépassent les imaginations de leur cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es tritt aus dem Fett hervor ihr Auge; sie wallen über in den Einbildungen des Herzens.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum; in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.