Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.
Violence covers them like a garment.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 73:6 in context
Psalms 73:3–9
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
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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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