Psalms 73 · Verse 8

Psalms 73:8

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psalms 73:8, King James Version

Psalms 73:8 in other translations

BSBThey mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
WEBThey scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
ASVThey scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
YLTThey do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
DARBYThey mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
BBETheir thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
WebsterThey are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

What does Psalms 73:8 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 8 They are corrupt - ימיקו yamiku, they mock, act dissolutely. And speak wickedly concerning oppression - They vindicate excessive acts of government: they push justice to its rigour. They neither show equity, lenity, nor mercy; they are cruel, and they vindicate their proceedings.

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 73:8 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.

יָמִ֤יקוּ\׀ya.Mi.kuthey mockH4167
וִידַבְּר֣וּvi.da.be.Ruand they may speakH1696
בְרָ֣עve.Ra'with evilH7451
עֹ֑שֶׁק'O.shekoppressionH6233
מִמָּר֥וֹםmi.ma.Romfrom a high placeH4791
יְדַבֵּֽרוּ\׃ye.da.Be.ruthey speakH1696

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

Cross references for Psalms 73:8

  • 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 17:10

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

  • Psalms 10:2

    The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

  • Proverbs 30:13-14

    There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

  • Psalms 53:1-4

    To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

  • 2 Peter 2:10

    But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

  • Psalms 10:10-11

    He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

  • Jeremiah 7:9-11

    Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 12:4-5

    Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

  • Hosea 7:16

    They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Kings 21:7-29

    And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
corrupt.
53:1-4; Pr 30:13,14
speak wickedly.
10:2,10,11; 12:4,5; Ex 1:9,10; 1Sa 13:19; 1Ki 21:7-29; Jer 7:9-11
Ho 7:16
speak loftily.
2Pe 2:10; Jude 1:16

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 73:9

    They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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Psalms 73:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Soltáronse, y hablan con maldad de hacer violencia; hablan con altanería.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils sont railleurs et parlent méchamment d’opprimer; ils parlent avec hauteur;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie höhnen und reden in Bosheit von Bedrückung; von oben herab reden sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: Quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.