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Psalm 72 (73) Catholic Public Domain Version

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 73 · About the recordings

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Psalm 72 in CPDV = Psalm 73 in RV1909, WEB.

CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
73:1 Salmo de Asaph. CIERTAMENTE bueno es Dios á Israel, á los limpios de corazón.
73:1 A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2 But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.
73:2 Mas yo, casi se deslizaron mis pies; por poco resbalaron mis pasos.
73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.
73:3 Porque tuve envidia de los insensatos, viendo la prosperidad de los impíos.
73:3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.
73:4 Porque no hay ataduras para su muerte; antes su fortaleza está entera.
73:4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
5 They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.
73:5 No están ellos en el trabajo humano; ni son azotados con [los otros] hombres.
73:5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.
73:6 Por tanto soberbia los corona: cúbrense de vestido de violencia.
73:6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7 Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.
73:7 Sus ojos están salidos de gruesos: logran con creces los antojos del corazón.
73:7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8 They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.
73:8 Soltáronse, y hablan con maldad de [hacer] violencia; hablan con altanería.
73:8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9 They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.
73:9 Ponen en el cielo su boca, y su lengua pasea la tierra.
73:9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
73:10 Por eso su pueblo vuelve aquí, y aguas de lleno les son exprimidas.
73:10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11 And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”
73:11 Y dicen: ¿Cómo sabe Dios? ¿y hay conocimiento en lo alto?
73:11 They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
73:12 He aquí estos impíos, sin ser turbados del mundo, alcanzaron riquezas.
73:12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
13 And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
73:13 Verdaderamente en vano he limpiado mi corazón, y lavado mis manos en inocencia;
73:13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14 And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
73:14 Pues he sido azotado todo el día, [y empezaba] mi castigo por las mañanas.
73:14 For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
15 If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
73:15 Si dijera yo, Discurriré de esa suerte; he aquí habría negado la nación de tus hijos:
73:15 If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16 I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
73:16 Pensaré pues para saber esto: es á mis ojos [duro] trabajo,
73:16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
17 until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
73:17 Hasta que venido al santuario de Dios, entenderé la postrimería de ellos.
73:17 until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18 So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
73:18 Ciertamente los has puesto en deslizaderos; en asolamientos los harás caer.
73:18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19 How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
73:19 ¡Cómo han sido asolados! ¡cuán en un punto! Acabáronse, fenecieron con turbaciones.
73:19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
20 As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
73:20 Como sueño del que despierta, así, Señor, cuando despertares, menospreciarás sus apariencias.
73:20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21 For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
73:21 Desazonóse á la verdad mi corazón, y en mis riñones sentía punzadas.
73:21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22 And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
73:22 Mas yo era ignorante, y no entendía: era como una bestia acerca de ti.
73:22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23 I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.
73:23 Con todo, yo siempre estuve contigo: trabaste de mi mano derecha.
73:23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24 You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.
73:24 Hasme guiado según tu consejo, y después me recibirás en gloria.
73:24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?
73:25 ¿A quién tengo yo en los cielos? Y fuera de ti nada deseo en la tierra.
73:25 Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
26 My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.
73:26 Mi carne y mi corazón desfallecen: [mas] la roca de mi corazón y mi porción es Dios para siempre.
73:26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.
73:27 Porque he aquí, los que se alejan de ti perecerán: tú cortarás á todo aquel que fornicando, de ti [se aparta].
73:27 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 adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
73:28 Y en cuanto á mí, el acercarme á Dios es el bien: he puesto en el Señor Jehová mi esperanza, para contar todas tus obras.
73:28 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.
Cross references (28)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.

  1. 1 Matthew 5:8; Psalm 51:10; Psalm 84:11; Luke 12:32; James 4:8
  2. 2 Psalm 94:18; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 116:8; Psalm 38:16; Psalm 17:5
  3. 3 Job 21:7; Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1
  4. 4 Job 21:23–24; Ecclesiastes 2:16; Luke 16:22; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Psalm 17:14
  5. 5 Psalm 73:12; Job 21:9; Revelation 3:19; Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 21:6
  6. 6 Psalm 109:18; 1 Peter 5:5; Daniel 4:30; Proverbs 1:9; Judges 8:26
  7. 7 Job 15:27; Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 73:12; 1 Samuel 25:36
  8. 8 Jude 16; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 10:2; 2 Peter 2:18; Proverbs 30:13–14
  9. 9 Revelation 13:6; James 3:6; Exodus 5:2; Daniel 7:25; 2 Chronicles 32:15
  10. 10 Psalm 75:8
  11. 11 Hosea 7:2; Zephaniah 1:12; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 139:1–6; Psalm 44:21
  12. 12 Psalm 52:7; Hosea 12:7–8; Jeremiah 5:28; James 5:1–3; Psalm 17:14
  13. 13 Psalm 26:6; Job 21:15; Job 34:9; James 4:8; Malachi 3:14
  14. 14 Hebrews 12:5; Psalm 94:12; Amos 3:2; Jeremiah 15:18; Job 7:3–4
  15. 15 Matthew 18:6–7; Romans 14:21; Psalm 24:6; Romans 14:15; Malachi 2:8
  16. 16 Ecclesiastes 8:17; John 16:18–19; Proverbs 30:2–3; Romans 11:33; Psalm 97:2
  17. 17 Psalm 77:13; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 8:12–13; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 63:2
  18. 18 Jeremiah 23:12; Psalm 35:6; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 55:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
  19. 19 Isaiah 47:11; Proverbs 28:1; Daniel 5:6; Revelation 18:10; Job 20:5
  20. 20 Job 20:8; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 90:5; Psalm 39:6; Isaiah 29:7–8
  21. 21 Psalm 73:3; Psalm 37:7; Lamentations 3:13; Job 16:13; Psalm 37:1
  22. 22 Ecclesiastes 3:18; Psalm 92:6; Isaiah 1:3; Psalm 49:10; Psalm 32:9
  23. 23 Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 63:8; Matthew 28:20; Psalm 16:8; Hebrews 13:5
  24. 24 Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 58:11; Proverbs 3:5–6; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 48:14
  25. 25 Philippians 3:8; Psalm 16:2; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 16:5; Isaiah 26:8–9
  26. 26 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Isaiah 40:29–31; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 18:2; 2 Corinthians 4:8–10
  27. 27 James 4:4; Psalm 119:155; Exodus 34:15; Numbers 15:39; Psalm 106:39
  28. 28 James 4:8; Psalm 40:5; Hebrews 10:19–22; Lamentations 3:25–26; Psalm 65:4

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 73.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXII)

    indeed this Psalm's title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel after the flesh, according to those things which holy Scripture speaketh concerning him: but they can most pertinently apply to the Lord Christ.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 73:9 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters VIII–XII)

    But whither ascend ye, when ye are on high, and set your mouth against the heavens? Descend that ye may ascend, and ascend to God.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 73:28 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book X, Chapters 4–6)

    … and since works of mercy have no other object than the relief of distress or the conferring of happiness, and since there is no happiness apart from that good of which it is said, "It is good for me to be very near to God," it follows that the whole redeemed city, that is to say, the congregation or community …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 73:28 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XII, Chapters 7–9)

    … love of God is shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto them." And that not only of men, but primarily and principally of angels it is true, as it is written, "It is good to draw near to God." And those who have this good in common, have, both with Him to whom they …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)