Psalm 73:18-28
English Standard Version
18 Truly you set them in (A)slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
19 How they are destroyed (B)in a moment,
swept away utterly by (C)terrors!
20 Like (D)a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when (E)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
21 When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was (F)brutish and ignorant;
I was like (G)a beast toward you.
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you (H)hold my right hand.
24 You (I)guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will (J)receive me to glory.
25 (K)Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 (L)My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is (M)the strength[a] of my heart and my (N)portion (O)forever.
27 For behold, those who are (P)far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is (Q)unfaithful to you.
28 But for me it is good to (R)be near God;
I have made the Lord God my (S)refuge,
that I may (T)tell of all your works.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock
Psalm 73:18-28
New International Version
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(G)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(H) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(I) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(J)
24 You guide(K) me with your counsel,(L)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(M)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(N)
26 My flesh and my heart(O) may fail,(P)
but God is the strength(Q) of my heart
and my portion(R) forever.
Psalm 73:1
English Standard Version
Psalm 73:1
New International Version
BOOK III
Psalms 73–89
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.(A)
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