Psalms 73:6 · KJV
“Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them {as} a garment.”
— Psalms 73:6
They {are} not in trouble {as other} men; neither are they plagued like {other} men. {in...: Heb. in the trouble of other men} {like: Heb. with}
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}
Psalms 73 — Context
For {there are} no bands in their death: but their strength {is} firm. {firm: Heb. fat}
5They {are} not in trouble {as other} men; neither are they plagued like {other} men. {in...: Heb. in the trouble of other men} {like: Heb. with}
6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them {as} a garment.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}
8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly {concerning} oppression: they speak loftily.
Cross References
Psalms 109:18
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. {into his bowels: Heb. within him}
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Proverbs 1:9
For they {shall be} an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. {an...: Heb. an adding}
Daniel 4:30
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. {the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}
Judges 8:26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred {shekels} of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that {was} on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that {were} about their camels' necks. {collars: or, sweet jewels}
Jeremiah 48:11
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. {remained: Heb. stood}
Deuteronomy 8:13-14
And {when} thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;