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| Psalms 73:1 | Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. | {A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart. | Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture? | Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart. |
| Psalms 73:2 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. | But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped; | Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt. | But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. |
| Psalms 73:3 | For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked. | Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. | For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| Psalms 73:4 | For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. | For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished; | And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs, | For there are no struggles in their death, But their strength is firm. |
| Psalms 73:5 | They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. | They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men: | and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees, | They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men. |
| Psalms 73:6 | Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. | Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment; | they have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down. | Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. |
| Psalms 73:7 | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. | Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart: | They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth. | Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. |
| Psalms 73:8 | They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. | They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily: | They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land. | They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. |
| Psalms 73:9 | They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. | They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. | Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more. | They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. |
| Psalms 73:10 | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. | Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them. | How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever? | Therefore their people return to them, And they drink up waters of abundance. |
| Psalms 73:11 | And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? | And they say, How can ùGod know, and is there knowledge in the Most High? | Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever ? | They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" |
| Psalms 73:12 | Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. | Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches. | But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. | Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. |
| Psalms 73:13 | Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. | Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: | Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters. | Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence, |
| Psalms 73:14 | For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. | For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. | Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians. | For all day long have I been plagued, And punished every morning. |
| Psalms 73:15 | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. | If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children. | Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers. | If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. |
| Psalms 73:16 | When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; | When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes; | Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun. | When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me; |
| Psalms 73:17 | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. | Until I went into the sanctuaries of ùGod; [then] understood I their end. | Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee. | Until I entered God's sanctuary, And considered their latter end. |
| Psalms 73:18 | Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. | Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins. | Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name. | Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. |
| Psalms 73:19 | How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. | How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. | Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor. | How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. |
| Psalms 73:20 | As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. | As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. | Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity. | As a dream when one wakes up, So, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. |
| Psalms 73:21 | Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. | When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins, | Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name. | For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. |
| Psalms 73:22 | So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. | Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee. | Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day. | I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. |
| Psalms 73:23 | Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. | Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand; | Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually. | Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. |
| Psalms 73:24 | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. | Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me. | | You will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. |
| Psalms 73:25 | Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. | Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee. | | Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you. |
| Psalms 73:26 | My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. | My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. | | My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
| Psalms 73:27 | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. | For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee. | | For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. |
| Psalms 73:28 | But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. | But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works. | | But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, That I may tell of all your works. Psalm 74 A contemplation by Asaph. |
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