Psalm 73:7 (WEB)
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
“And in all there was a mist, shutting out from my sight the brightness of Thy truth, O my God; and my iniquity displayed itself as from very “fatness.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 7.
Read the whole comment““There shall go forth as if out of fat their iniquity” (ver. 7).…A poor beggar committeth a theft; out of leanness hath gone forth the iniquity: but when a rich man aboundeth in so many things, why doth he plunder the things of others?” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But if this be the truer reading, what else must be understood by “the fat ones of them,” than men mighty in pride, concerning whom is said, “their iniquity shall come forth as if out of fat”?” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 7.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For thus it is written: “They are not in the troubles of other men, neither will they be scourged with men; therefore their pride has laid hold on them; they are covered with their wickedness and blasphemy; their iniquity hath stood forth as it were with fatness; they have passed on to the thoughts of their heart.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 5–7.
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Jerome
“They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiii. 3–9.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in Confessions II.3.
Cited together in Confessions II.3.