Psalms:73 Parallel Bible - WLD ASV |
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| Psalms 73:1 | Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart. | Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart. |
| Psalms 73:2 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. |
| Psalms 73:3 | For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| Psalms 73:4 | For there are no struggles in their death, But their strength is firm. | For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. |
| Psalms 73:5 | They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men. | They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men. |
| Psalms 73:6 | Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. | Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. |
| Psalms 73:7 | Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. | Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. |
| Psalms 73:8 | They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. | They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. |
| Psalms 73:9 | They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. | They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. |
| Psalms 73:10 | Therefore their people return to them, And they drink up waters of abundance. | Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. |
| Psalms 73:11 | They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" | And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? |
| Psalms 73:12 | Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. | Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. |
| Psalms 73:13 | Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence, | Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; |
| Psalms 73:14 | For all day long have I been plagued, And punished every morning. | For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. |
| Psalms 73:15 | If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. | If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. |
| Psalms 73:16 | When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me; | When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; |
| Psalms 73:17 | Until I entered God's sanctuary, And considered their latter end. | Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. |
| Psalms 73:18 | Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. | Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. |
| Psalms 73:19 | How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. | How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. |
| Psalms 73:20 | As a dream when one wakes up, So, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. | As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. |
| Psalms 73:21 | For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. | For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: |
| Psalms 73:22 | I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. | So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee. |
| Psalms 73:23 | Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. | Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand. |
| Psalms 73:24 | You will guide me with your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. | Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. |
| Psalms 73:25 | Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you. | Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. |
| Psalms 73:26 | My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. |
| Psalms 73:27 | For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee. |
| Psalms 73:28 | 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. | But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works. Psalm 74 Maschil of Asaph. |
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