Psalms 73 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Chanting to Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the clean of 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 And I, my feet nearly turned aside; my going was almost poured out. 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 For I was envious at the foolish; I shall see the peace of the unjust. 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 For not the pains to their death, and their body fat. 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 are not in the trouble of men, and with man they shall not be struck. 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 For this, pride surrounded them as a neck-chain; the dress of violence will cover to them. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
7 Their eye will come forth from fat: they passed over the imaginations 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 They will mock and speak in evil of oppression: they will speak from elevation. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue will go in 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 For this, his people will turn back here: and full water shall be sucked out to 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 And they said, How did God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 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 Behold, these the unjust, and they being secure of the world increased 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 Surely in vain I cleansed my heart, and I will wash my hands in cleanness. 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 And I am struck all the day, and my reproofs for 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 If I said, I will recount thus; behold, I transgressed against the generation of thy 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 And I shall think to know this, it is labor in mine eyes. 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 Till I shall come to the holy place of God I shall not understand for their latter state. 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 Surely in slippery places thou wilt set them, to cast them down into ruins. 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 How they were for desolation as in a moment they perished; they were finished from sudden destruction. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
20 As a dream of him awaking, O Jehovah, in awaking thou wilt despise their image. 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 For my heart will be embittered, and my loins were hard. When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
22 And I stupid, and I shall not know, and I was a beast with thee. 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 And I always with thee: thou didst hold by 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 In thy counsel thou wilt guide me, and after, thou wilt receive me with 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 Who to me in the heavens? and from thee I desired nothing in the 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 flesh failed and my heart: the rock of my heart and my portion is God 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 For behold, they being far off from thee shall perish: thou didst lay waste all committing fornication from thee. 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 And I drawing near to God, it is good for me: I put in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, to recount all thy works. 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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