(A)Their [a]eyes bulge with abundance;
They have more than heart could wish.
(B)They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
They (C)speak [b]loftily.
They set their mouth (D)against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Tg. face bulges; LXX, Syr., Vg. iniquity bulges
  2. Psalm 73:8 Proudly

From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.
They scoff, and speak with malice;(B)
    with arrogance(C) they threaten oppression.(D)
Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat