Psalms Chapter 73 verse 9 Holy Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
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Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
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They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
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They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - They set their mouth against the heavens. So Hupfeld and Canon Cook, who understand the expression of blasphemy; but most modern critics translate, "They have set their mouth in the heavens," and regard the meaning as nearly allied to that of the second clause of the preceding verse, "They speak as though they were inhabitants of the heavens." And their tongue walketh through the earth. Their tongue is always busily employed - boasting (ver. 3), lying, backbiting.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) They set.--The last clause is repeated here under a figure more defined:"They have set their mouth in [not against] the heavens,While their tongue walketh through the earth."an image very expressive of a towering pride, vaunting itself to the skies, and trumpeting its own praises through the world.
