They are free(A) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.
Therefore pride(B) is their necklace;(C)
    they clothe themselves with violence.(D)
From their callous hearts(E) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

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They are not in trouble as others are;
    they are not (A)stricken like the rest of mankind.
Therefore pride is (B)their necklace;
    violence covers them as (C)a garment.
Their (D)eyes swell out through fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.

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