Psalm 73:6

Translations

Modern

Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

Traditional

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Literal

Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence is a covering for them.

Latin

Ideo tenuit eos superbia; operti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua.

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

Notes

Psalms 73:6

Proud people choose pride and cruelty over wisdom (Proverbs 1:9).

Psalms 73:4–12

The psalmist gives an exaggerated picture of the happiness of the wicked (compare Psalm 1).

Psalms 73:1–28

This wisdom psalm looks at the injustice of the prosperity of the wicked. The psalmist states that God is good to the godly, but his own experience is different (Psalm 73:2–12).

Almost overwhelmed by doubt (Psalm 73:13–16), the psalmist meets the Lord in the sanctuary. This meeting gives him a broader view and renews his trust in God (Psalm 73:17–26). His troubling doubts lead to a stronger desire for truth. He knows he can trust God and that God will save him (Psalm 73:27–28).

Psalms 73:1–75:10

The seeming success of the wicked (Psalm 73) and God's apparent rejection of his people (Psalm 74) raise questions about his justice. God rules the entire world and decides when to judge (Psalm 75).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints Material Reward Questions and Doubt Wisdom Psalms

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Psalm 109:18
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Judges 8:26
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
Daniel 4:30
…the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Proverbs 3:31
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 1:9
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
Micah 2:1–2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Psalm 109:29
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
Job 21:7–15
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
Jeremiah 48:11
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Glossary

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Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Chains: Figurative Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Pride: The Wicked Encompassed With Temptation: Resistance To The Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by Put in Slippery Places The Rich: General Scriptures Concerning Wicked (People): Contrasted with Righteous People Wicked (People): Described Wicked (People): Prosperity of Wicked (People): Punishment of Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

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