Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish." — Psalms 73:7 (ASV)
Their eyes stand out with fatness - As the fruit of their high living. They are not weakened and emaciated by toil and want, as other men often are. Compare with the notes on Psalms 17:10.
They have more than heart could wish - The margin reads, they pass the thoughts of the heart. Literally, the imaginations or thoughts of the heart pass; pass along; pass forth. The meaning seems to be this: not that they have more than heart could desire, as in our translation (for that would probably not be true); nor that the thoughts of the heart are disclosed, as Professor Alexander supposes (for that idea does not seem to be in the language); but rather that their thoughts, their plans, their purposes, pass freely along without any obstruction; their wishes are all gratified; their purposes are accomplished; they have all that they wish. Whatever comes into the mind as an object of desire is obtained without hindrance or trouble. They seem only to wish for a thing, or to think of a thing, and they have it.