Psalm 73 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
1 Salmo de Asaph. CIERTAMENTE bueno es Dios á Israel, á los limpios de corazón.
2 As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
2 Mas yo, casi se deslizaron mis pies; por poco resbalaron mis pasos.
3 For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
3 Porque tuve envidia de los insensatos, viendo la prosperidad de los impíos.
4 For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong.
4 Porque no hay ataduras para su muerte; antes su fortaleza está entera.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
5 No están ellos en el trabajo humano; ni son azotados con [los otros] hombres.
6 Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
6 Por tanto soberbia los corona: cúbrense de vestido de violencia.
7 Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
7 Sus ojos están salidos de gruesos: logran con creces los antojos del corazón.
8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
8 Soltáronse, y hablan con maldad de [hacer] violencia; hablan con altanería.
9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
9 Ponen en el cielo su boca, y su lengua pasea la tierra.
10 Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
10 Por eso su pueblo vuelve aquí, y aguas de lleno les son exprimidas.
11 And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
11 Y dicen: ¿Cómo sabe Dios? ¿y hay conocimiento en lo alto?
12 Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
12 He aquí estos impíos, sin ser turbados del mundo, alcanzaron riquezas.
13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
13 Verdaderamente en vano he limpiado mi corazón, y lavado mis manos en inocencia;
14 For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
14 Pues he sido azotado todo el día, [y empezaba] mi castigo por las mañanas.
15 If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
15 Si dijera yo, Discurriré de esa suerte; he aquí habría negado la nación de tus hijos:
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
16 Pensaré pues para saber esto: es á mis ojos [duro] trabajo,
17 Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
17 Hasta que venido al santuario de Dios, entenderé la postrimería de ellos.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
18 Ciertamente los has puesto en deslizaderos; en asolamientos los harás caer.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
19 ¡Cómo han sido asolados! ¡cuán en un punto! Acabáronse, fenecieron con turbaciones.
20 As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
20 Como sueño del que despierta, así, Señor, cuando despertares, menospreciarás sus apariencias.
21 Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
21 Desazonóse á la verdad mi corazón, y en mis riñones sentía punzadas.
22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
22 Mas yo era ignorante, y no entendía: era como una bestia acerca de ti.
23 Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
23 Con todo, yo siempre estuve contigo: trabaste de mi mano derecha.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
24 Hasme guiado según tu consejo, y después me recibirás en gloria.
25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
25 ¿A quién tengo yo en los cielos? Y fuera de ti nada deseo en la tierra.
26 My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
26 Mi carne y mi corazón desfallecen: [mas] la roca de mi corazón y mi porción es Dios para siempre.
27 For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
27 Porque he aquí, los que se alejan de ti perecerán: tú cortarás á todo aquel que fornicando, de ti [se aparta].
28 As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
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.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 5:8; Psalm 51:10; Psalm 84:11; Luke 12:32; James 4:8
- 2 Psalm 94:18; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 116:8; Psalm 38:16; Psalm 17:5
- 3 Job 21:7; Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1
- 4 Job 21:23–24; Ecclesiastes 2:16; Luke 16:22; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Psalm 17:14
- 5 Psalm 73:12; Job 21:9; Revelation 3:19; Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 21:6
- 6 Psalm 109:18; 1 Peter 5:5; Daniel 4:30; Proverbs 1:9; Judges 8:26
- 7 Job 15:27; Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 73:12; 1 Samuel 25:36
- 8 Jude 16; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 10:2; 2 Peter 2:18; Proverbs 30:13–14
- 9 Revelation 13:6; James 3:6; Exodus 5:2; Daniel 7:25; 2 Chronicles 32:15
- 10 Psalm 75:8
- 11 Hosea 7:2; Zephaniah 1:12; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 139:1–6; Psalm 44:21
- 12 Psalm 52:7; Hosea 12:7–8; Jeremiah 5:28; James 5:1–3; Psalm 17:14
- 13 Psalm 26:6; Job 21:15; Job 34:9; James 4:8; Malachi 3:14
- 14 Hebrews 12:5; Psalm 94:12; Amos 3:2; Jeremiah 15:18; Job 7:3–4
- 15 Matthew 18:6–7; Romans 14:21; Psalm 24:6; Romans 14:15; Malachi 2:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 8:17; John 16:18–19; Proverbs 30:2–3; Romans 11:33; Psalm 97:2
- 17 Psalm 77:13; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 8:12–13; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 63:2
- 18 Jeremiah 23:12; Psalm 35:6; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 55:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
- 19 Isaiah 47:11; Proverbs 28:1; Daniel 5:6; Revelation 18:10; Job 20:5
- 20 Job 20:8; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 90:5; Psalm 39:6; Isaiah 29:7–8
- 21 Psalm 73:3; Psalm 37:7; Lamentations 3:13; Job 16:13; Psalm 37:1
- 22 Ecclesiastes 3:18; Psalm 92:6; Isaiah 1:3; Psalm 49:10; Psalm 32:9
- 23 Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 63:8; Matthew 28:20; Psalm 16:8; Hebrews 13:5
- 24 Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 58:11; Proverbs 3:5–6; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 48:14
- 25 Philippians 3:8; Psalm 16:2; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 16:5; Isaiah 26:8–9
- 26 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Isaiah 40:29–31; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 18:2; 2 Corinthians 4:8–10
- 27 James 4:4; Psalm 119:155; Exodus 34:15; Numbers 15:39; Psalm 106:39
- 28 James 4:8; Psalm 40:5; Hebrews 10:19–22; Lamentations 3:25–26; Psalm 65:4
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