They have set their mouth in the heavens.
Their tongue walks through the earth.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 73:9 in context
Psalms 73:6–12
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
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They have set their mouth in the heavens.
Their tongue walks through the earth.
10
Therefore their people return to them,
and they drink up waters of abundance.
11
They say, “How does God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12
Behold, these are the wicked.
Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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