Psalm 73:21
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 Standard 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,

Legacy Standard Bible
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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized [with envy],

Good News Translation
When my thoughts were bitter and my feelings were hurt,

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,

Majority Standard Bible
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

New American Bible
Since my heart was embittered and my soul deeply wounded,

NET Bible
Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

New Revised Standard Version
When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,

New Heart English Bible
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

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,

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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.

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Psalm 73
1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
2. Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked
13. The wound given thereby, diffidence
15. The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose.














(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
When
כִּ֭י (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


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