King James Version
Psalms 73:9 in the King James Version says “They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.”
Psalms 73:9 · KJV
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.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“against the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“their mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“and their tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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