A moment in scripture
Psalms 73:8
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They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
- Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- Psalms 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- Psalms 73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.