Psalms 73 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 73:1
KJVTruly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
WEBSurely God is good to Israel,
YLTA Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Psalms 73:2
KJVBut as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
WEBBut as for me, my feet were almost gone.
YLTAs nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
Psalms 73:3
KJVFor I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
WEBFor I was envious of the arrogant,
YLTThe peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Psalms 73:4
KJVFor there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
WEBFor there are no struggles in their death,
YLTAnd their might [is] firm.
Psalms 73:5
KJVThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
WEBThey are free from burdens of men,
YLTIn the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
Psalms 73:6
KJVTherefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
WEBTherefore pride is like a chain around their neck.
YLTTherefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
Psalms 73:7
KJVTheir eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
WEBTheir eyes bulge with fat.
YLTTheir eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
Psalms 73:8
KJVThey are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
WEBThey scoff and speak with malice.
YLTThey do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Psalms 73:9
KJVThey set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
WEBThey have set their mouth in the heavens.
YLTThey have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
Psalms 73:10
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Psalms 73:11
KJVAnd they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
WEBThey say, “How does God know?
YLTAnd they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
Psalms 73:12
KJVBehold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
WEBBehold, these are the wicked.
YLTLo, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
Psalms 73:13
KJVVerily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
WEBSurely I have cleansed my heart in vain,
YLTOnly -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Psalms 73:14
KJVFor all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
WEBFor all day long I have been plagued,
YLTAnd I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.
Psalms 73:15
KJVIf I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
WEBIf I had said, “I will speak thus”;
YLTIf I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
Psalms 73:16
KJVWhen I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
WEBWhen I tried to understand this,
YLTAnd I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,
Psalms 73:17
KJVUntil I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
WEBUntil I entered God’s sanctuary,
YLTTill I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
Psalms 73:18
KJVSurely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
WEBSurely you set them in slippery places.
YLTOnly, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Psalms 73:19
KJVHow are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
WEBHow they are suddenly destroyed!
YLTHow have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.
Psalms 73:20
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Psalms 73:21
KJVThus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
WEBFor my soul was grieved.
YLTFor my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
Psalms 73:22
KJVSo foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
WEBI was so senseless and ignorant.
YLTAnd I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
Psalms 73:23
KJVNevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
WEBNevertheless, I am continually with you.
YLTAnd I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Psalms 73:24
KJVThou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
WEBYou will guide me with your counsel,
YLTWith Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
Psalms 73:25
KJVWhom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
WEBWhom do I have in heaven?
YLTWhom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
Psalms 73:26
KJVMy flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
WEBMy flesh and my heart fails,
YLTConsumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
Psalms 73:27
KJVFor, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
WEBFor, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.
YLTFor, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.
Psalms 73:28
KJVBut it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
WEBBut it is good for me to come close to God.
YLTAnd I -- nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!
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