John Gill Commentary Psalms 73:7

"Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish." — Psalms 73:7 (ASV)

Ver. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness
Or their face, the eyes being put for the whole face; so the Targum, ``their face is changed, because of fatness;'' see (Job 15:27) , otherwise through fatness the eyes are almost enclosed: or "it goes forth out of the fatness of their eyes" ^F9 ; that is, either "pride", which shows itself in haughty looks and scornful airs, through the abundance possessed; or "violence", seen in the fierceness of the eyes, and fury of the countenance; or "their eyes go out through fatness" ^F11 that is, through the plenty they enjoy, their eyes go out in lust after lawful objects:

they have more than heart could wish ;
that they themselves could have wished for heretofore, though not now; for what is it that a worldly covetous heart cannot and does not wish for? if it had all the world, it would not satisfy it: or "the imaginations of the heart go on" ^F12 ; that is, after more, not being content with such things as they have; or "they", i.e., their pride and violence,

exceed the imaginations of the heart
^F13 ; they are more than can be conceived of, they overpass the deeds of the wicked, (Jeremiah 5:28) or "transgress by the imaginations of the heart" ^F14 ; which are evil, and that continually.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (wmnye blxm auy) "prodit vel exit e pinguedine oculorum eorum", Michaelis.
• F11: "Exivit prae adipe oculus eorum", Montanus; "egreditur prae pinguedine", Gejerus.
• F12: (bbl twykvm wrbe) "pergunt cogitationes cordis eorum", Piscator.
• F13: "Excesserunt imaginationes cordis", Cocceius; "excedunt", Michaelis.
• F14: "Transgrediuntur cogitationibus cordis", Gejerus.