Psalms

Psalm 73:7–9

⁷From their prosperity proceeds iniquity;^a

the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

⁸They mock and speak with malice;

with arrogance they threaten oppression.

⁹They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongues strut across the earth.

Footnotes

a 73:7 Literally Their eye bulges with fatness; Syriac From their callous heart proceeds iniquity

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
From their prosperity	מֵחֵ֣לֶב	mê·ḥê·leḇ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H2459 fat
proceeds	יָ֭צָא	yā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
iniquity	עֵינֵ֑מוֹ	‘ê·nê·mōw	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5869 eye
the imaginations	מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת	maś·kî·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4906 show-piece, figure, imagination
of their hearts	לֵבָֽב׃	lê·ḇāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
run wild	עָ֝בְר֗וּ	‘ā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They mock	יָמִ֤יקוּ׀	yā·mî·qū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4167 mock, deride
and speak	וִידַבְּר֣וּ	wî·ḏab·bə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1696 speak
with malice	בְרָ֣ע	ḇə·rā‘	Preposition-b; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
with arrogance	מִמָּר֥וֹם	mim·mā·rō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4791 height
they threaten	יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃	yə·ḏab·bê·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1696 speak
oppression	עֹ֑שֶׁק	‘ō·šeq	Noun - masculine singular	H6233 oppression, extortion

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They set	שַׁתּ֣וּ	šat·tū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8371 set, appoint
their mouths	פִּיהֶ֑ם	pî·hem	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6310 mouth
against the heavens	בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם	ḇaš·šā·ma·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and their tongues	וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם	ū·lə·šō·w·nām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3956 tongue
strut	תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ	ti·hă·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
across the earth	בָּאָֽרֶץ׃	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 73:7 Job 15:27 · Jeremiah 5:28 · Psalm 17:10 · Psalm 73:12

Psalm 73:8 Jude 1:16 · Psalm 17:10 · Psalm 10:2 · 2 Peter 2:10 · Proverbs 30:13–14 · Jeremiah 7:9–11 · Psalm 12:4–5 · 2 Peter 2:18 · Psalm 53:1–4 · Psalm 10:10–11

Psalm 73:9 Revelation 13:6 · Exodus 5:2 · James 3:6 · Daniel 7:25 · Daniel 3:15 · 2 Chronicles 32:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.