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World English Bible

Psalm 73 (WEBP)

[1] Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
[2] But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
[3] For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
[4] For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
[5] They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
[6] Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
[7] Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
[8] They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
[9] They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
[10] Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
[11] They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
[12] Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
[13] Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
[14] For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
[15] If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
[16] When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
[17] until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
[18] Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
[19] How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
[20] As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
[21] For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
[22] I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
[23] Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
[24] You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
[25] Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
[26] My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
[27] For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
[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.

Psalm 73:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Psalm 73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Psalm 73:28 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 73 (KJVS)

[1] Truly God is good to Israel, Even to such as are of a clean heart.
[2] But as for me, my feet were almost gone; () () () My steps had well nigh slipped. ()
[3] For I was envious () at the foolish, () When I saw () the prosperity of the wicked.
[4] For there are no bands in their death: But their strength is firm.
[5] They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued () like other men.
[6] Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; () Violence covereth () them as a garment.
[7] Their eyes stand out () with fatness: They have more () than heart could wish.
[8] They are corrupt, () and speak () wickedly concerning oppression: They speak () loftily.
[9] They set () their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh () through the earth.
[10] Therefore his people return () () () hither: And waters of a full cup are wrung out () to them.
[11] And they say, () How doth God know? () And is there knowledge in the most High?
[12] Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase () in riches.
[13] Verily I have cleansed () my heart in vain, and washed () my hands in innocency.
[14] For all the day long have I been plagued, () And chastened every morning.
[15] If I say, () I will speak () thus; Behold, I should offend () against the generation of thy children.
[16] When I thought () to know () this, It was too painful for me;
[17] Until I went () into the sanctuary of God; Then understood () I their end.
[18] Surely thou didst set () them in slippery places: Thou castedst them down () into destruction.
[19] How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly () consumed () with terrors.
[20] As a dream when one awaketh; () So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise () their image.
[21] Thus my heart was grieved, () And I was pricked () in my reins.
[22] So foolish was I, and ignorant: () I was as a beast before thee.
[23] Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden () me by my right hand.
[24] Thou shalt guide () me with thy counsel, And afterward receive () me to glory.
[25] Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire () beside thee.
[26] My flesh and my heart faileth: () But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
[27] For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: () Thou hast destroyed () all them that go a whoring () from thee.
[28] 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.

Psalm 73:1a Or, yet
Psalm 73:1b Heb. clean of heart
Psalm 73:4 Heb. fat
Psalm 73:5a Heb. in the trouble of other men
Psalm 73:5b Heb. with
Psalm 73:14 Heb. my chastisement was
Psalm 73:16 Heb. it was labour in mine eyes
Psalm 73:22a Heb. I knew not
Psalm 73:22b Heb. with thee
Psalm 73:26 Heb. rock

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 73 (BYZ)

[1] Ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Ασαφ. Ὡς () ἀγαθὸς () τῷ () Ισραηλ () ὁ () θεός, () τοῖς () εὐθέσι () τῇ () καρδίᾳ. ()
[2] Ἐμοῦ () δὲ () παρὰ () μικρὸν ἐσαλεύθησαν () οἱ () πόδες, () παρ’ () ὀλίγον () ἐξεχύθη () τὰ () διαβήματά μου. ()
[3] Ὅτι () ἐζήλωσα () ἐπὶ () τοῖς () ἀνόμοις () εἰρήνην () ἁμαρτωλῶν () θεωρῶν, ()
[4] ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀνάνευσις τῷ () θανάτῳ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () στερέωμα () ἐν () τῇ () μάστιγι () αὐτῶν· ()
[5] ἐν () κόποις () ἀνθρώπων () οὐκ () εἰσὶν () καὶ () μετὰ () ἀνθρώπων () οὐ () μαστιγωθήσονται. ()
[6] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐκράτησεν () αὐτοὺς () ἡ () ὑπερηφανία, () περιεβάλοντο () ἀδικίαν () καὶ () ἀσέβειαν () αὐτῶν. ()
[7] Ἐξελεύσεται () ὡς () ἐκ () στέατος ἡ () ἀδικία () αὐτῶν () διήλθοσαν () εἰς () διάθεσιν καρδίας· ()
[8] διενοήθησαν καὶ () ἐλάλησαν () ἐν () πονηρίᾳ, () ἀδικίαν () εἰς () τὸ () ὕψος () ἐλάλησαν· ()
[9] ἔθεντο () εἰς () οὐρανὸν () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἡ () γλῶσσα () αὐτῶν () διῆλθεν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[10] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐπιστρέψει () ὁ () λαός () μου () ἐνταῦθα, καὶ () ἡμέραι () πλήρεις () εὑρεθήσονται () αὐτοῖς. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπαν Πῶς () ἔγνω () ὁ () θεός, () καὶ () εἰ () ἔστιν () γνῶσις () ἐν () τῷ () ὑψίστῳ; ()
[12] Ἰδοὺ () οὗτοι () ἁμαρτωλοὶ () καὶ () εὐθηνοῦνται· εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () κατέσχον () πλούτου. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπα Ἄρα () ματαίως ἐδικαίωσα () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () καὶ () ἐνιψάμην () ἐν () ἀθῴοις () τὰς () χεῖράς () μου· ()
[14] καὶ () ἐγενόμην () μεμαστιγωμένος () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν, () καὶ () ὁ () ἔλεγχός () μου () εἰς () τὰς () πρωίας. ()
[15] Εἰ () ἔλεγον () Διηγήσομαι () οὕτως, () ἰδοὺ () τῇ () γενεᾷ () τῶν () υἱῶν () σου () ἠσυνθέτηκα.
[16] Καὶ () ὑπέλαβον () τοῦ () γνῶναι () τοῦτο· () κόπος () ἐστὶν () ἐναντίον () μου, ()
[17] ἕως () εἰσέλθω () εἰς () τὸ () ἁγιαστήριον τοῦ () θεοῦ () καὶ () συνῶ () εἰς () τὰ () ἔσχατα () αὐτῶν. ()
[18] Πλὴν () διὰ () τὰς () δολιότητας ἔθου () αὐτοῖς, () κατέβαλες () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῷ () ἐπαρθῆναι. ()
[19] Πῶς () ἐγένοντο () εἰς () ἐρήμωσιν () ἐξάπινα· () ἐξέλιπον, () ἀπώλοντο () διὰ () τὴν () ἀνομίαν () αὐτῶν. ()
[20] Ὡσεὶ () ἐνύπνιον () ἐξεγειρομένου, () κύριε, () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () σου () τὴν () εἰκόνα () αὐτῶν () ἐξουδενώσεις. ()
[21] Ὅτι () ἐξεκαύθη () ἡ () καρδία () μου, () καὶ () οἱ () νεφροί () μου () ἠλλοιώθησαν,
[22] καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἐξουδενωμένος () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔγνων, () κτηνώδης ἐγενόμην () παρὰ () σοί. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () διὰ () παντὸς () μετὰ () σοῦ, () ἐκράτησας () τῆς () χειρὸς () τῆς () δεξιᾶς () μου, ()
[24] ἐν () τῇ () βουλῇ () σου () ὡδήγησάς () με () καὶ () μετὰ () δόξης () προσελάβου () με. ()
[25] Τί () γάρ () μοι () ὑπάρχει () ἐν () τῷ () οὐρανῷ, () καὶ () παρὰ () σοῦ () τί () ἠθέλησα () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς; ()
[26] Ἐξέλιπεν () ἡ () καρδία () μου () καὶ () ἡ () σάρξ () μου, () ὁ () θεὸς () τῆς () καρδίας () μου () καὶ () ἡ () μερίς () μου () ὁ () θεὸς () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[27] Ὅτι () ἰδοὺ () οἱ () μακρύνοντες ἑαυτοὺς () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () ἀπολοῦνται, () ἐξωλέθρευσας () πάντα () τὸν () πορνεύοντα () ἀπὸ () σοῦ. ()
[28] Ἐμοὶ () δὲ () τὸ () προσκολλᾶσθαι () τῷ () θεῷ () ἀγαθόν () ἐστιν, () τίθεσθαι () ἐν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () τὴν () ἐλπίδα () μου () τοῦ () ἐξαγγεῖλαι () πάσας () τὰς () αἰνέσεις () σου () ἐν () ταῖς () πύλαις () τῆς () θυγατρὸς () Σιων. ()

Psalm 73:1 Originally verse 72:1.
Psalm 73:2 Originally verse 72:2.
Psalm 73:3 Originally verse 72:3.
Psalm 73:4 Originally verse 72:4.
Psalm 73:5 Originally verse 72:5.
Psalm 73:6 Originally verse 72:6.
Psalm 73:7 Originally verse 72:7.
Psalm 73:8 Originally verse 72:8.
Psalm 73:9 Originally verse 72:9.
Psalm 73:10 Originally verse 72:10.
Psalm 73:11 Originally verse 72:11.
Psalm 73:12 Originally verse 72:12.
Psalm 73:13 Originally verse 72:13.
Psalm 73:14 Originally verse 72:14.
Psalm 73:15 Originally verse 72:15.
Psalm 73:16 Originally verse 72:16.
Psalm 73:17 Originally verse 72:17.
Psalm 73:18 Originally verse 72:18.
Psalm 73:19 Originally verse 72:19.
Psalm 73:20 Originally verse 72:20.
Psalm 73:21 Originally verse 72:21.
Psalm 73:22 Originally verse 72:22.
Psalm 73:23 Originally verse 72:23.
Psalm 73:24 Originally verse 72:24.
Psalm 73:25 Originally verse 72:25.
Psalm 73:26 Originally verse 72:26.
Psalm 73:27 Originally verse 72:27.
Psalm 73:28 Originally verse 72:28.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.