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Psalm 73 Literal Standard Version

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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. Surely God [is] good to Israel, to the clean of heart. And I—as a little thing, || My feet have been turned aside,
1 Salmo de Asaph. CIERTAMENTE bueno es Dios á Israel, á los limpios de corazón.
2 As nothing, my steps have slipped, || For I have been envious of the boastful,
2 Mas yo, casi se deslizaron mis pies; por poco resbalaron mis pasos.
3 I see the peace of the wicked, || That there are no bands at their death,
3 Porque tuve envidia de los insensatos, viendo la prosperidad de los impíos.
4 And their might [is] firm.
4 Porque no hay ataduras para su muerte; antes su fortaleza está entera.
5 They are not in the misery of mortals, || And they are not plagued with common men.
5 No están ellos en el trabajo humano; ni son azotados con [los otros] hombres.
6 Therefore pride has encircled them, || Violence covers them as a dress.
6 Por tanto soberbia los corona: cúbrense de vestido de violencia.
7 Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
7 Sus ojos están salidos de gruesos: logran con creces los antojos del corazón.
8 They do corruptly, || And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, || They speak from on high.
8 Soltáronse, y hablan con maldad de [hacer] violencia; hablan con altanería.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, || And their tongue walks in the earth.
9 Ponen en el cielo su boca, y su lengua pasea la tierra.
10 Therefore His people return here, || And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.
10 Por eso su pueblo vuelve aquí, y aguas de lleno les son exprimidas.
11 And they have said, “How has God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
11 Y dicen: ¿Cómo sabe Dios? ¿y hay conocimiento en lo alto?
12 Behold, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, || They have increased strength.
12 He aquí estos impíos, sin ser turbados del mundo, alcanzaron riquezas.
13 Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,
13 Verdaderamente en vano he limpiado mi corazón, y lavado mis manos en inocencia;
14 And I am plagued all the day, || And my reproof—every morning.
14 Pues he sido azotado todo el día, [y empezaba] mi castigo por las mañanas.
15 If I have said, “I recount thus,” || Behold, I have deceived a generation of Your sons.
15 Si dijera yo, Discurriré de esa suerte; he aquí habría negado la nación de tus hijos:
16 And I think to know this, || It [is] perverseness in my eyes,
16 Pensaré pues para saber esto: es á mis ojos [duro] trabajo,
17 Until I come into the sanctuaries of God, || I attend to their latter end.
17 Hasta que venido al santuario de Dios, entenderé la postrimería de ellos.
18 Surely You set them in slippery places, || You have caused them to fall to desolations.
18 Ciertamente los has puesto en deslizaderos; en asolamientos los harás caer.
19 How they have become a desolation as in a moment, || They have been ended—consumed from terrors.
19 ¡Cómo han sido asolados! ¡cuán en un punto! Acabáronse, fenecieron con turbaciones.
20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, || In awaking, You despise their image.
20 Como sueño del que despierta, así, Señor, cuando despertares, menospreciarás sus apariencias.
21 For my heart shows itself violent, || And my reins prick themselves,
21 Desazonóse á la verdad mi corazón, y en mis riñones sentía punzadas.
22 And I am brutish, and do not know. I have been a beast with You.
22 Mas yo era ignorante, y no entendía: era como una bestia acerca de ti.
23 And I [am] continually with You, || You have laid hold on my right hand.
23 Con todo, yo siempre estuve contigo: trabaste de mi mano derecha.
24 You lead me with Your counsel, || And after, receive me [to] glory.
24 Hasme guiado según tu consejo, y después me recibirás en gloria.
25 Whom do I have in the heavens? And none have I desired in earth [besides] You.
25 ¿A quién tengo yo en los cielos? Y fuera de ti nada deseo en la tierra.
26 My flesh and my heart have been consumed, || God [is] the rock of my heart and my portion for all time.
26 Mi carne y mi corazón desfallecen: [mas] la roca de mi corazón y mi porción es Dios para siempre.
27 For behold, those far from You perish, || You have cut off everyone, || Who is going whoring from You.
27 Porque he aquí, los que se alejan de ti perecerán: tú cortarás á todo aquel que fornicando, de ti [se aparta].
28 And [the] nearness of God to me [is] good, || I have placed my refuge in Lord YHWH, || To recount all Your works!
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. 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).

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)