Psalms 73 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 74

¹A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

KJVMaschil^H4905^(H8688) of Asaph^H623. O God^H430, why hast thou cast us off^H2186^(H8804) for ever^H5331? why doth thine anger^H639 smoke^H6225^(H8799) against the sheep^H6629 of thy pasture^H4830?

² Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) thy congregation^H5712, which thou hast purchased^H7069^(H8804) of old^H6924; the rod^H7626 of thine inheritance^H5159, which thou hast redeemed^H1350^(H8804); this mount^H2022 Zion^H6726, wherein thou hast dwelt^H7931^(H8804).

³ Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

KJVLift up^H7311^(H8685) thy feet^H6471 unto the perpetual^H5331 desolations^H4876; even all that the enemy^H341^(H8802) hath done wickedly^H7489^(H8689) in the sanctuary^H6944.

⁴ Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.

KJVThine enemies^H6887^(H8802) roar^H7580^(H8804) in the midst^H7130 of thy congregations^H4150; they set up^H7760^(H8804) their ensigns^H226 for signs^H226.

⁵ They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.

KJVA man was famous^H3045^(H8735) according as he had lifted up^H935^(H8688)^H4605 axes^H7134 upon the thick^H5442 trees^H6086.

⁶ Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.

KJVBut now they break down^H1986^(H8799) the carved work^H6603 thereof at once^H3162 with axes^H3781 and hammers^H3597.

⁷ They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.

KJVThey have cast^H7971^(H8765) fire^H784 into thy sanctuary^H4720, they have defiled^H2490^(H8765) by casting down the dwelling place^H4908 of thy name^H8034 to the ground^H776.

⁸ They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

KJVThey said^H559^(H8804) in their hearts^H3820, Let us destroy^H3238^(H8799) them together^H3162: they have burned up^H8313^(H8804) all the synagogues^H4150 of God^H410 in the land^H776.

⁹ We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

KJVWe see^H7200^(H8804) not our signs^H226: there is no more any prophet^H5030: neither is there among us any that knoweth^H3045^(H8802) how long^H5704.

¹⁰ How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

KJVO God^H430, how long shall the adversary^H6862 reproach^H2778^(H8762)? shall the enemy^H341^(H8802) blaspheme^H5006^(H8762) thy name^H8034 for ever^H5331?

¹¹ Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!

KJVWhy withdrawest^H7725^(H8686) thou thy hand^H3027, even thy right hand^H3225? pluck^H3615^(H8761) it out of^H7130 thy bosom^H2436^(H8675)^H2436.

¹² Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.

KJVFor God^H430 is my King^H4428 of old^H6924, working^H6466^(H8802) salvation^H3444 in the midst^H7130 of the earth^H776.

¹³ You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

KJVThou didst divide^H6565^(H8782) the sea^H3220 by thy strength^H5797: thou brakest^H7665^(H8765) the heads^H7218 of the dragons^H8577 in the waters^H4325.

¹⁴ You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

KJVThou brakest^H7533^(H8765) the heads^H7218 of leviathan^H3882 in pieces, and gavest^H5414^(H8799) him to be meat^H3978 to the people^H5971 inhabiting the wilderness^H6728.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

KJVThou didst cleave^H1234^(H8804) the fountain^H4599 and the flood^H5158: thou driedst up^H3001^(H8689) mighty^H386 rivers^H5104.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

KJVThe day^H3117 is thine, the night^H3915 also is thine: thou hast prepared^H3559^(H8689) the light^H3974 and the sun^H8121.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

KJVThou hast set^H5324^(H8689) all the borders^H1367 of the earth^H776: thou hast made^H3335^(H8804) summer^H7019 and winter^H2779.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) this, that the enemy^H341^(H8802) hath reproached^H2778^(H8765), O LORD^H3068, and that the foolish^H5036 people^H5971 have blasphemed^H5006^(H8765) thy name^H8034.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

KJVO deliver^H5414^(H8799) not the soul^H5315 of thy turtledove^H8449 unto the multitude^H2416 of the wicked: forget^H7911^(H8799) not the congregation^H2416 of thy poor^H6041 for ever^H5331.

²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

KJVHave respect^H5027^(H8685) unto the covenant^H1285: for the dark^H4285 places of the earth^H776 are full^H4390^(H8804) of the habitations^H4999 of cruelty^H2555.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

KJVO let not the oppressed^H1790 return^H7725^(H8799) ashamed^H3637^(H8737): let the poor^H6041 and needy^H34 praise^H1984^(H8762) thy name^H8034.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

KJVArise^H6965^(H8798), O God^H430, plead^H7378^(H8798) thine own cause^H7379: remember^H2142^(H8798) how the foolish man^H5036 reproacheth^H2781 thee daily^H3117.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

KJVForget^H7911^(H8799) not the voice^H6963 of thine enemies^H6887^(H8802): the tumult^H7588 of those that rise up^H6965^(H8801) against thee increaseth^H5927^(H8802) continually^H8548.

WEB·Psalms 73

¹A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

KJVA Psalm^H4210 of Asaph^H623. Truly God^H430 is good^H2896 to Israel^H3478, even to such as are of a clean^H1249 heart^H3824.

² But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

KJVBut as for me, my feet^H7272 were almost^H4592 gone^H5186^(H8804)^(H8675)^H5186^(H8803); my steps^H838 had well nigh^H369 slipped^H8210^(H8795).

³ For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

KJVFor I was envious^H7065^(H8765) at the foolish^H1984^(H8802), when I saw^H7200^(H8799) the prosperity^H7965 of the wicked^H7563.

⁴ For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

KJVFor there are no bands^H2784 in their death^H4194: but their strength^H193 is firm^H1277.

⁵ They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

KJVThey are not in trouble^H5999 as other men^H582; neither are they plagued^H5060^(H8792) like^H5973 other men^H120.

⁶ Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

KJVTherefore pride^H1346 compasseth them about as a chain^H6059^(H8804); violence^H2555 covereth^H5848^(H8799) them as a garment^H7897.

⁷ Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

KJVTheir eyes^H5869 stand out^H3318^(H8804) with fatness^H2459: they have more^H5674^(H8804) than heart^H3824 could wish^H4906.

⁸ They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

KJVThey are corrupt^H4167^(H8686), and speak^H1696^(H8762) wickedly^H7451 concerning oppression^H6233: they speak^H1696^(H8762) loftily^H4791.

⁹ They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

KJVThey set^H8371^(H8804) their mouth^H6310 against the heavens^H8064, and their tongue^H3956 walketh^H1980^(H8799) through the earth^H776.

¹⁰ Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

KJVTherefore his people^H5971 return^H7725^(H8799)^(H8675)^H7725^(H8686) hither^H1988: and waters^H4325 of a full^H4392 cup are wrung out^H4680^(H8735) to them.

¹¹ They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

KJVAnd they say^H559^(H8804), How doth God^H410 know^H3045^(H8804)? and is there^H3426 knowledge^H1844 in the most High^H5945?

¹² Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

KJVBehold, these are the ungodly^H7563, who prosper^H7961 in the world^H5769; they increase^H7685^(H8689) in riches^H2428.

¹³ Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,

KJVVerily I have cleansed^H2135^(H8765) my heart^H3824 in vain^H7385, and washed^H7364^(H8799) my hands^H3709 in innocency^H5356.

¹⁴ For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.

KJVFor all the day^H3117 long have I been plagued^H5060^(H8803), and chastened^H8433 every morning^H1242.

¹⁵ If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

KJVIf I say^H559^(H8804), I will speak^H5608^(H8762) thus^H3644; behold, I should offend^H898^(H8804) against the generation^H1755 of thy children^H1121.

¹⁶ When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—

KJVWhen I thought^H2803^(H8762) to know^H3045^(H8800) this, it was too painful^H5999 for me^H5869;

¹⁷ until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

KJVUntil I went^H935^(H8799) into the sanctuary^H4720 of God^H410; then understood^H995^(H8799) I their end^H319.

¹⁸ Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

KJVSurely thou didst set^H7896^(H8799) them in slippery places^H2513: thou castedst them down^H5307^(H8689) into destruction^H4876.

¹⁹ How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

KJVHow are they brought into desolation^H8047, as in a moment^H7281! they are utterly^H5486^(H8804) consumed^H8552^(H8804) with terrors^H1091.

²⁰ As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

KJVAs a dream^H2472 when one awaketh^H6974^(H8687); so, O Lord^H136, when thou awakest^H5782, thou shalt despise^H959^(H8799) their image^H6754.

²¹ For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

KJVThus my heart^H3824 was grieved^H2556^(H8691), and I was pricked^H8150^(H8709) in my reins^H3629.

²² I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

KJVSo foolish^H1198 was I, and ignorant^H3045^(H8799): I was as a beast^H929 before thee.

²³ Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

KJVNevertheless I am continually^H8548 with thee: thou hast holden^H270^(H8804) me by my right^H3225 hand^H3027.

²⁴ You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

KJVThou shalt guide^H5148^(H8686) me with thy counsel^H6098, and afterward^H310 receive^H3947^(H8799) me to glory^H3519.

²⁵ Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

KJVWhom have I in heaven^H8064 but thee? and there is none upon earth^H776 that I desire^H2654^(H8804) beside thee.

²⁶ My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

KJVMy flesh^H7607 and my heart^H3824 faileth^H3615^(H8804): but God^H430 is the strength^H6697 of my heart^H3824, and my portion^H2506 for ever^H5769.

²⁷ For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

KJVFor, lo, they that are far^H7369 from thee shall perish^H6^(H8799): thou hast destroyed^H6789^(H8689) all them that go a whoring^H2181^(H8802) from thee.

²⁸ But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

KJVBut^H589 it is good^H2896 for me to draw near^H7132 to God^H430: I have put^H7896^(H8804) my trust^H4268 in the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, that I may declare^H5608^(H8763) all thy works^H4399.

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