Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain - Therefore they are proud, haughty, imperious. They put on the ornaments and trap…

Therefore. —Better,

“Therefore pride is their necklace,
And violence their mantle.”

The first metaphor mig…

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers…

Therefore pride compasseth them as a chain. This complaint goes further than the previous one, for we are here told that although God sees…

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ,
&.] Which was the sin of the devils, and of our first parents, an…

The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tested the graces of many saints. But he lay…