Psalms 73 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 [A psalm by Asaph.] God is truly good to Israel, to those whose lives are pure. 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 But my feet had almost stumbled. They had almost 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 because I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the prosperity that wicked people enjoy. 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 They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.
5 They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued [with problems] like others. 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 That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
7 Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on 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 That is why God's people turn to wickedness and swallow their words. 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 Then wicked people ask, |What does God know?| |Does the Most High know anything?| 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 Look how wicked they are! They never have a worry. They grow more and more wealthy. 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 I've received no reward for keeping my life pure and washing my hands of any blame. 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 I'm plagued [with problems] all day long, and every morning my punishment [begins again]. 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 If I had said, |I will continue to talk like that,| I would have betrayed God's people. 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 But when I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for 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 Only when I came into God's holy place did I [finally] understand what would happen to them. 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 You put them in slippery places and make them fall into ruin. 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 They are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away by terror! How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
20 As [someone] gets rid of a dream when he wakes up, so you, O Lord, get rid of the thought of them when you wake up. 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 When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized [with envy], When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
22 I was stupid, and I did not understand. I was like a dumb animal in your presence. 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 Yet, I am always with you. You hold on to my right hand. 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 With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory. 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 As long as I have you, I don't need anyone else in heaven or on earth. 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 My body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever. 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 Without a doubt, those who are far from you will die. You destroy all who are unfaithful to 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 Being united with God is my highest good. I have made the Almighty LORD my refuge so that I may report everything that he has done. 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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