“They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.”
The statement that the wicked set their mouths against heaven articulates the ultimate blasphemy: that their success leads them to direct their speech against God. The reference to tongues striding through the earth indicates that their deceptive and malicious speech extends throughout society. This verse indicates that the wicked's prosperity leads to the ultimate presumption: opposition to God itself.
Church Fathers on Psalms 73:9
1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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