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Psalm 73:8

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73:8They mock14 and say evil things;15

they proudly threaten violence.16

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The verb מוּק (muq, “mock”) occurs only here in the OT.
  2. 15 Heb “and speak with evil.”
  3. 16 Heb “oppression from an elevated place they speak.” The traditional accentuation of the places “oppression” with the preceding line. In this case, one might translate, “they mock and speak with evil [of] oppression, from an elevated place [i.e., “proudly”] they speak.” By placing “oppression” with what follows, one achieves better poetic balance in the parallelism.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They scoff and speak with malice;

loftily they threaten oppression.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They scoff, and speak with malice;

with arrogance they threaten oppression.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They mock, and they speak maliciously;

they arrogantly threaten oppression.

NLTNew Living Translation

They scoff and speak only evil;

in their pride they seek to crush others.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They mock and speak maliciously of oppression;

they speak as though from on high.

KJV 1900King James Version

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:

They speak loftily.