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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 73 A Psalm of Asaph. It seems by the title that Asaph was the penman of this psalm, as it is certain that he was a composer of psalms and hymns; see 2 Chronicles 29:30, though it may be rendered, "a psalm for Asaph", or "unto Asaph" (a); and might have David for its author, as some think, who, having penned it, sent it to Asaph, to be made use of by him in public service;...
John Gill
They set their mouth against the heavens,.... Against God in heaven, see Daniel 4:26, against his being, saying, there is no God; against his perfections, thinking him to be such an one as themselves; against his purposes and decrees, replying against him, and charging him with insincerity, cruelty, and unrighteousness; and against his providence, either denying it, or affirming it to be unequal;...
Matthew Henry
This psalm, and the ten that next follow it, carry the name of Asaph in the titles of them. If he was the penman of them (as many think), we rightly call them psalms of Asaph. If he was only the chief musician, to whom they were delivered, our marginal reading is right, which calls them psalms for Asaph. It is probable that he penned them; for we read of the words of David and of Asaph the seer,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, — As though they would blow them down, as the wind blows the clouds that are full of rain.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And their tongue walketh through the earth. Like the ravening lion of the pit, seeking characters that they may destroy or devour. There is no end to the mischief that such people can do. If they are not in trouble themselves, they make much trouble for other people; and while they set themselves on so high a pinnacle, they are mean enough to slander the characters of the good.
Charles H. Spurgeon
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. Leaving nobody alone, sparing no character, however pure.
Charles H. Spurgeon
They set their mouth against the heavens, As if this earth did not contain room enough for their malice, “They set their mouth against the heavens.” Psa_73:9. And their tongue walketh through the earth. Letting nobody alone, having a hard word for everybody except their own chosen coterie.
Charles H. Spurgeon
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, Such big mouths—such blasphemous words—have they, that they attack God himself. There is nothing too high for them to drag it down—nothing too pure for them to slander. “They set their mouth against the heavens.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
And their tongue walketh through the earth. Like the lion seeking its prey, they take long walks in their slander. Nobody is safe from them.