Teks -- Psalms 73:9 (NET)

73:9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

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Wesley: Psa 73:9 - Against

Against God, blaspheming his name, and deriding his providence.

Wesley: Psa 73:9 - Walketh

Using all manner of liberty, reproaching all sorts of persons.

Clarke: Psa 73:9 - Set their mouth against the heavens

Set their mouth against the heavens - They blaspheme God, ridicule religion, mock at Providence, and laugh at a future state

Clarke: Psa 73:9 - Their tongue walketh through the earth

Their tongue walketh through the earth - They find fault with every thing; they traduce the memory of the just in heaven, and ridicule the saints that are upon earth. They criticize every dispensation of God.

Calvin: Psa 73:9 - They have set their mouth against the heavens

9.They have set their mouth against the heavens Here it is declared that they utter their contumelious speeches as well against God as against men; for they imagine that nothing is too arduous for them to attempt, and flatter themselves that heaven and earth are subject to them. If any should endeavor to alarm them by setting before them the power of God, they audaciously break through this barrier; and, with respect to men, they have no idea of any difficulty arising from such a quarter. Thus, there is no obstacle to repress their proud and vaunting speeches, but their tongue walketh through the whole earth. This form of expression seems to be hyperbolical; but when we consider how great and unbounded their presumption is, we will admit that the Psalmist teaches nothing but what experience shows to be matter of fact.

TSK: Psa 73:9 - set // tongue

set : Exo 5:2; 2Ch 32:15; Job 21:14; Dan 3:15, Dan 7:25; Rev 13:6

tongue : Psa 52:4; Luk 18:4; Jam 3:6

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Poole: Psa 73:9 - Against the heavens // Walketh through the earth

Against the heavens i.e. against God, blaspheming his name, denying or deriding his providence, reviling his saints and servants.

Walketh through the earth using all manner of liberty, introducing and reproaching all sorts of persons, not caring whom they displease or hurt by it.

Haydock: Psa 73:9 - Our

Our. Some copies of the Septuagint read "their," as if the enemy still spoke. But the people of God rather complain, that they are not so favoured with prodigies, as they had been formerly, and that the prophets did not publicly encourage them, (Berthier) or declare how long these miseries would continue; as the Hebrew may intimate. (Calmet) ---

Protestants, "neither is there among us any that knoweth how long." (Haydock) ---

Yet neglecting the points, our version is accurate, and any one, or God, may be understood, (Berthier) as taking no cognizance of his people. (Haydock) ---

It is natural for those in distress to exaggerate; for they know that many wonders were wrought, and that prophets were sent to instruct the captives. But they were not so common, nor the prophets so popular, or complaisant, as they could have wished: nor could they be so easily consulted at Babylon, Daniel being generally at Susa, or at court, and Ezechiel in higher Mesopotamia. (Calmet) ---

They could not appear at the head of the people, to harangue in their defence, like Aaron, Exodus vii. 1., and Daniel iii. 38. (Berthier) ---

The weak, therefore, complain, that they have no prophet to console (Worthington) them with miracles. (Menochius) ---

But the more perfect answer, that God both hath and will relieve his people, ver. 12. (Worthington)

Gill: Psa 73:9 - They set their mouth against the heavens // and their tongue walketh through the earth

They set their mouth against the heavens,.... Against God in heaven, see Dan 4:26, against his being, saying, there is no God; against his perfections, thinking him to be such an one as themselves; against his purposes and decrees, replying against him, and charging him with insincerity, cruelty, and unrighteousness; and against his providence, either denying it, or affirming it to be unequal; and against his doctrines, ordinances, and ministers. Aben Ezra interprets it also of the angels of heaven, who are spoken against, when it is denied that there are any such beings, as were by the Sadducees; and blasphemed, when the worshipping of them is introduced. The Targum understands it of the saints of heaven, with which compare Rev 13:6 it may be applied to civil magistrates, the higher powers, who represent on earth God in heaven; and there are some that despise dominion, and speak evil of such dignities:

and their tongue walketh through the earth: sparing none, high nor low, but injures all sorts of persons with their lies and calumnies. This denotes the unbridled liberty which wicked men take with their tongues; there is no restraint upon them, no stopping of them; see Psa 12:5 the universal mischief they are continually doing, and the diabolical influence of their detraction and falsehood; like Satan, their tongues walk to and fro in the earth, doing all the injury to the credit and characters of men they possibly can.