Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 73:8

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 73:8

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 73:8

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily." — Psalms 73:8 (ASV)

They are corrupt ... —This, which is the Rabbinical rendering, is now universally abandoned in favor of another derivation of the verb. The Masoretic arrangement of the clauses may also be improved upon:

They scoff and speak of wickedness,
Of violence from their eminence they speak,

where the first clause means, they speak mockingly of wickedness, or make a jest of sin.