Psalms 73:9,11 - Compare All Versions

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Pretentious with arrogance, they wear the latest fashions in violence, Pampered and overfed, decked out in silk bows of silliness. They jeer, using words to kill; they bully their way with words. They’re full of hot air, loudmouths disturbing the peace. People actually listen to them—can you believe it? Like thirsty puppies, they lap up their words.

What’s going on here? Is God out to lunch? Nobody’s tending the store. The wicked get by with everything; they have it made, piling up riches. I’ve been stupid to play by the rules; what has it gotten me? A long run of bad luck, that’s what— a slap in the face every time I walk out the door.

They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the most High?

They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

They brag to the sky. They say that they own the earth.

They say, “How can God know? What does God Most High know?”

They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”

They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.

And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”

They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth. [Rev 13:6]

They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”

They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth.

“What does God know?” they ask. “Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”

They are loudmouths with no fear of God, pretending to know it all— windbags full of hot air, impressing only themselves.

They tell their cohorts, “God will never know. See, he has no clue of what we’re doing.”

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”