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They scoff and spout their malice;
    from on high they utter threats.(A)
[a]They set their mouths against the heavens,
    their tongues roam the earth.
10 [b]So my people turn to them
    and drink deeply of their words.

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Footnotes

  1. 73:9 They set their mouths against the heavens: in an image probably derived from mythic stories of half-divine giants, the monstrous speech of the wicked is likened to enormous jaws gaping wide, devouring everything in sight.
  2. 73:10 The Hebrew is obscure.

They scoff, and speak with malice;(A)
    with arrogance(B) they threaten oppression.(C)
Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
    and drink up waters in abundance.[a]

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  1. Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.