King James Version
Psalms 73:8 in the King James Version says “They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.”
Psalms 73:8 · KJV
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“concerning oppression”
H6233injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
“loftily”
H4791altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
“and speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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