🎵WEB · Psalms 73:6

What does Psalms 73:6 mean?

"Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment."

— Psalms 73:6 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

3

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4

For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

5

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

6

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

7

Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

8

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

9

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

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