Psalms 73:12 Cross References - Thomson

¹² Behold these who are sinful men; are always prosperous and have gotten wealth.

¹⁴ from thine enemies hand Dismiss them, Lord, from the land: disperse them in their life time. Though their belly was filled with thy stores; they glutted themselves with swine's flesh, and left the relicks for their children.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked highly exalted, towering aloft like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ Some put confidence in their power: and some boast of the abundance of their wealth.

⁷ "Behold the man who made not God his strength: and trusted in the abundance of his wealth; and strengthened himself in his vanity!

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression; nor eagerly covet plunder; if riches flow in, set not your heart on them.

¹⁷ and they shall devour your harvest and your bread; and they shall devour your sons and your daughters; and they shall devour your flocks and your herds; and they shall devour your vineyards and fig trees and olive orchards, and smite with the sword your fortified cities, in which you trusted.

²⁸ and overleaped judgment; they did not administer justice to the orphan, nor decide righteously the cause of the widow;

¹ [p] Righteous as thou art, O Lord, can I defend a cause against thee? but let me speak to thee in respect to judgments. Why is the way of wicked men prosperous? Why are they happy who have been all guilty of perfidy? ² Thou hast planted them and they have taken root, they have generated and produced fruit. Thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

⁷ As for Chanaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance. He loved to tyrannise. ⁸ Ephraim indeed said, "But I am rich, I have found a rest for myself." Because of the iniquities which he hath committed, none of his labours shall turn to account.

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man who was clad with purple and cotton robes, and who feasted daily in a splendid manner.

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.