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Psalms 73:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. "
Psalms 73:9
Verse in Context
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7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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Psalms 73:1
"Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart."
Psalms 73:2
"But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped."
Psalms 73:3
"For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked."
Psalms 73:4
"For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm."
Psalms 73:5
"They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men."
Psalms 73:6
"Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment."
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