Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, New Living Translation Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. English Standard Version When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, Berean Study Bible When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, King James Bible Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. New King James Version Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind. New American Standard Bible When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, NASB 1995 When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, NASB 1977 When my heart was embittered, And I was pierced within, Amplified Bible When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder], Christian Standard Bible When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded, Holman Christian Standard Bible When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded, American Standard Version For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I am troubled; my heart and my kidneys rage against me. Brenton Septuagint Translation For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened. Contemporary English Version Once I was bitter and brokenhearted. Douay-Rheims Bible For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed: English Revised Version For my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins: Good News Translation When my thoughts were bitter and my feelings were hurt, GOD'S WORD® Translation When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized [with envy], International Standard Version When I chose to be bitter I was emotionally pained. JPS Tanakh 1917 For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pricked in my reins. Literal Standard Version For my heart shows itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, NET Bible Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain. New Heart English Bible For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. World English Bible For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. Young's Literal Translation For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, Additional Translations ... Context Endow the King with Your Justice…20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form. 21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, 22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.… Cross References Acts 2:37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Judges 10:16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel. Treasury of Scripture Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. my heart Psalm 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Psalm 37:1,7 A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity… in my Job 16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. Lamentations 3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
(21) Grieved.--Literally, grew sour; or, as we say, "was soured."Verse 21. - Thus my heart was grieved; literally, for my heart was grieved, or "was soured." The "for" refers to a suppressed phrase of self-condemnation, "But at the time I did not see all this - the solution did not present itself to me." I was too full of grief and bitterness to consider the matter calmly and dispassionately. And I was pricked in my reins; i.e. "a pang of passionate discontent had pierced my inmost being" (Cheyne). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whenכִּ֭י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction my heart לְבָבִ֑י (lə·ḇā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart was grieved יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ (yiṯ·ḥam·mêṣ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2556: To be pungent, in taste, in color and I was pierced אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ (’eš·tō·w·nān) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate within, וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י (wə·ḵil·yō·w·ṯay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 3629: A kidney, the mind Jump to Previous Bite Bitter Embittered Ferment Grief Grieved Heart Itself Pained Pierced Prick Pricked Reins Show Soul Spirit Themselves Violent WithinJump to Next Bite Bitter Embittered Ferment Grief Grieved Heart Itself Pained Pierced Prick Pricked Reins Show Soul Spirit Themselves Violent WithinLinks Psalm 73:21 NIVPsalm 73:21 NLT Psalm 73:21 ESV Psalm 73:21 NASB Psalm 73:21 KJV Psalm 73:21 BibleApps.com Psalm 73:21 Biblia Paralela Psalm 73:21 Chinese Bible Psalm 73:21 French Bible Psalm 73:21 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Psalm 73:21 For my soul was grieved (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
   
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