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Their eyes bulge out of their fat.[a]
The schemes of their hearts step over boundaries.
They mock. They speak maliciously.
From a high perch they threaten oppression.
They set their mouths against the heavens.
Their tongues strut around on earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 The translation is a literal rendering of the Hebrew. The Greek reads guilt flows from their fat hearts.

From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.
They scoff, and speak with malice;(B)
    with arrogance(C) they threaten oppression.(D)
Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat