Psalms 73:1

ASV: Surely God is good to Israel, [Even] to such as are pure in heart.

DARBY: {A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.

DRA: A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

KJV: Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalms 73:2

ASV: But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

DARBY: But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;

DRA: But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.

KJV: But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalms 73:3

ASV: For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

DARBY: For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.

DRA: Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

KJV: For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 73:4

ASV: For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

DARBY: For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;

DRA: For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

KJV: For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

Psalms 73:5

ASV: They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men.

DARBY: They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:

DRA: They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men. B Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

KJV: They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Psalms 73:6

ASV: Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

DARBY: Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;

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KJV: Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalms 73:7

ASV: Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

DARBY: Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

DRA: Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.

KJV: Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Psalms 73:8

ASV: They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

DARBY: They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:

DRA: They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.

KJV: They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Psalms 73:9

ASV: They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

DARBY: They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

DRA: They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.

KJV: They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalms 73:10

ASV: Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.

DARBY: Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.

DRA: Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.

KJV: Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Psalms 73:11

ASV: And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

DARBY: And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?

DRA: And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

KJV: And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalms 73:12

ASV: Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

DARBY: Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.

DRA: Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.

KJV: Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Psalms 73:13

ASV: Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

DARBY: Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

DRA: And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

KJV: Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Psalms 73:14

ASV: For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

DARBY: For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

DRA: And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.

KJV: For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Psalms 73:15

ASV: If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

DARBY: If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

DRA: If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.

KJV: If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Psalms 73:16

ASV: When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

DARBY: When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

DRA: I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

KJV: When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Psalms 73:17

ASV: Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

DARBY: Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.

DRA: Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.

KJV: Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Psalms 73:18

ASV: Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

DARBY: Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

DRA: But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.

KJV: Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Psalms 73:19

ASV: How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

DARBY: How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.

DRA: How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.

KJV: How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalms 73:20

ASV: As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

DARBY: As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.

DRA: As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.

KJV: As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Psalms 73:21

ASV: For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

DARBY: When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,

DRA: For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:

KJV: Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Psalms 73:22

ASV: So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.

DARBY: Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.

DRA: and I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.

KJV: So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Psalms 73:23

ASV: Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

DARBY: Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;

DRA: I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.

KJV: Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Psalms 73:24

ASV: Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

DARBY: Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.

DRA: Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.

KJV: Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Psalms 73:25

ASV: Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

DARBY: Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.

DRA: For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?

KJV: Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Psalms 73:26

ASV: My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

DARBY: My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

DRA: For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.

KJV: My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

Psalms 73:27

ASV: For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.

DARBY: For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.

DRA: For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.

KJV: For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Psalms 73:28

ASV: But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works. Psalm 74 Maschil of Asaph.

DARBY: But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.

DRA: But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

KJV: But 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.

Psalms 73

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