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Psalms 73:7

Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Or their face, the eyes being put for the whole face; so the Targum,

"their face is changed, because of fatness;''

see Job 15:27, otherwise through fatness the eyes are almost enclosed: or "it…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Their eyes stand out with fatness - As the fruit of their high living. They are not weakened and emaciated by toil and want, as other men often are. Compare the notes at Psa 17:10. They have more than…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 73:1-14

This psalm begins somewhat abruptly: Yet God is good to Israel (so the margin reads it); he had been thinking of the prosperity of the wicked; while he was thus musing the fire burned, and at last he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

According to the Massoretic Text the first line describes the insolent look of these sleek-faced villains. Cp. Job 15:27. But the LXX and Syr. represent a different reading, which suits the probable…