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John Trapp on Psalms 73:8

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Psalms73:8

Verſ. 8. They are corrupt and ſpeak wickedly] Their pride before taxed, verſ. 6. buddeth, and budgeth, Ezek. 7.10. like a foul ſwelling in the body, it breaketh out into ſores of all ſorts, odious words and deeds, abominable to God and man. Diff[illegible: 1 letter]uunt & loquuntur in malitia rapinam, They melt and are ſpilt in ſenſuall delights and diſſolute practices. Or, they let looſe themſelves, and keep not within compaſs. Or, they fly-blow and make to ſtink the good names of others, ſc. while they ſpeak evill of them, and reproach them. Tabifici ſunt, ſo Tremellius rendreth it.

They ſpeak loftily] De celſuudine, from aloft; tapides loquuntur, they threaten thunder bolts,Dionyſ. commiſſo ſacrilegio Deum dicebat ſacrilegi[illegible: 1 letter] bonam navigationem▪ concedere. Act. & Mon. fol. 1417. Turk. hiſt. 423.568. throw daggers, faſtuoſa voce omnes territant.

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