# Psalm 73 ## Psalm 73:1 - [KJV] Truly God *is* good to Israel, *even* to such as are of a clean heart. - [ASV] Surely God is good to Israel, *Even* to such as are pure in heart. - [YLT] Only -- good to Israel *is* God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside, ### Notes on Psalm 73:1 - ## Psalm 73:2 - [KJV] But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. - [ASV] But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped. - [YLT] As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful, ### Notes on Psalm 73:2 - ## Psalm 73:3 - [KJV] For I was envious at the foolish, *when* I saw the prosperity of the wicked. - [ASV] For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. - [YLT] The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death, ### Notes on Psalm 73:3 - ## Psalm 73:4 - [KJV] For *there are* no bands in their death: but their strength *is* firm. - [ASV] For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm. - [YLT] And their might *is* firm. ### Notes on Psalm 73:4 - ## Psalm 73:5 - [KJV] They *are* not in trouble *as other* men; neither are they plagued like *other* men. - [ASV] They are not in trouble as *other* men; Neither are they plagued like *other* men. - [YLT] In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued. ### Notes on Psalm 73:5 - ## Psalm 73:6 - [KJV] Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them *as* a garment. - [ASV] Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. - [YLT] Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress. ### Notes on Psalm 73:6 - ## Psalm 73:7 - [KJV] Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. - [ASV] Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. - [YLT] Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed; ### Notes on Psalm 73:7 - ## Psalm 73:8 - [KJV] They are corrupt, and speak wickedly *concerning* oppression: they speak loftily. - [ASV] They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. - [YLT] They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak. ### Notes on Psalm 73:8 - ## Psalm 73:9 - [KJV] They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. - [ASV] They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth. - [YLT] They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth. ### Notes on Psalm 73:9 - ## Psalm 73:10 - [KJV] Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full *cup* are wrung out to them. - [ASV] Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full *cup* are drained by them. - [YLT] Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them. ### Notes on Psalm 73:10 - ## Psalm 73:11 - [KJV] And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? - [ASV] And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? - [YLT] And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?' ### Notes on Psalm 73:11 - ## Psalm 73:12 - [KJV] Behold, these *are* the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase *in* riches. - [ASV] Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. - [YLT] Lo, these *are* the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. ### Notes on Psalm 73:12 - ## Psalm 73:13 - [KJV] Verily I have cleansed my heart *in* vain, and washed my hands in innocency. - [ASV] Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; - [YLT] Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands, ### Notes on Psalm 73:13 - ## Psalm 73:14 - [KJV] For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. - [ASV] For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. - [YLT] And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof *is* every morning. ### Notes on Psalm 73:14 - ## Psalm 73:15 - [KJV] If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend *against* the generation of thy children. - [ASV] If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children. - [YLT] If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived. ### Notes on Psalm 73:15 - ## Psalm 73:16 - [KJV] When I thought to know this, it *was* too painful for me; - [ASV] When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; - [YLT] And I think to know this, Perverseness it *is* in mine eyes, ### Notes on Psalm 73:16 - ## Psalm 73:17 - [KJV] Until I went into the sanctuary of God; *then* understood I their end. - [ASV] Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end. - [YLT] Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end. ### Notes on Psalm 73:17 - ## Psalm 73:18 - [KJV] Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. - [ASV] Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. - [YLT] Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. ### Notes on Psalm 73:18 - ## Psalm 73:19 - [KJV] How are they *brought* into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. - [ASV] How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. - [YLT] How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors. ### Notes on Psalm 73:19 - ## Psalm 73:20 - [KJV] As a dream when *one* awaketh; *so*, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. - [ASV] As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. - [YLT] As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest. ### Notes on Psalm 73:20 - ## Psalm 73:21 - [KJV] Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. - [ASV] For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: - [YLT] For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, ### Notes on Psalm 73:21 - ## Psalm 73:22 - [KJV] So foolish *was* I, and ignorant: I was *as* a beast before thee. - [ASV] So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was *as* a beast before thee. - [YLT] And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 73:22 - ## Psalm 73:23 - [KJV] Nevertheless I *am* continually with thee: thou hast holden *me* by my right hand. - [ASV] Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand. - [YLT] And I *am* continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand. ### Notes on Psalm 73:23 - ## Psalm 73:24 - [KJV] Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me *to* glory. - [ASV] Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. - [YLT] With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me. ### Notes on Psalm 73:24 - ## Psalm 73:25 - [KJV] Whom have I in heaven *but thee*? and *there is* none upon earth *that* I desire beside thee. - [ASV] Whom have I in heaven *but thee*? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. - [YLT] Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth. ### Notes on Psalm 73:25 - ## Psalm 73:26 - [KJV] My flesh and my heart faileth: *but* God *is* the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. - [ASV] My flesh and my heart faileth; *But* God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. - [YLT] Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion *is* God to the age. ### Notes on Psalm 73:26 - ## Psalm 73:27 - [KJV] For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. - [ASV] For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, *departing* from thee. - [YLT] For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 73:27 - ## Psalm 73:28 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] And I -- nearness of God to me *is* good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works! ### Notes on Psalm 73:28 -