Psalms 73 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 72:1>A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2 <V 72:2>But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.
3 <V 72:3>For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 <V 72:4>For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
5 <V 72:5>They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.
6 <V 72:6>Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
7 <V 72:7>Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 <V 72:8>They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 <V 72:9>They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 <V 72:10>Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them. Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.
11 <V 72:11>And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?” And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?” They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”
12 <V 72:12>Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches. Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
13 <V 72:13>And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.
14 <V 72:14>And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
15 <V 72:15>If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children. If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.
16 <V 72:16>I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me, But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply
17 <V 72:17>until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part. until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
18 <V 72:18>So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down. Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
19 <V 72:19>How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
20 <V 72:20>As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city. Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.
21 <V 72:21>For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed. When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
22 <V 72:22>And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it. I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
23 <V 72:23>I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
24 <V 72:24>You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 <V 72:25>For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you? Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 <V 72:26>My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 <V 72:27>For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you. For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 <V 72:28>But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
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