Psalms 73:10

Psalms 73:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore his people return here, And waters of a full cup are drained by them.

Context of Psalms 73:10

8They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak loftily [with malice]. 9They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth. Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them. 11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?” 12Behold, these are the ungodly, Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.

Psalms 73:10 word by word

לָכֵ֤ן׀ יָשׁ֣וּב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• hitherהֲלֹםhălôm · hereH1988
• and watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of a fullמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• are wrung outמָצָהmâtsâh · to drainH4680

Cross-references for Psalms 73:10

• Psalms 75:8For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams; It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it; And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.

Commentaries on Psalms 73:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Therefore his people return hither - There are very few verses in the Bible that have been more variously translated than this; and, like the man in the fable, they have blown the hot to cool it, and the cold to warm it. It has been translated, "Therefore God's people fall off to them; and thence they reap no small advantage." And, "Therefore let his people come before them; and waters in full measure would be wrung out from them." That is, "Should God's…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Therefore his people - Those that truly love God; the pious in the earth. Return hither - Return to this subject. In their musings - their meditations on divine things - they come back to this inquiry. The subject occupies their minds, and they recur to it as a subject which perplexes them; as a thing that is incomprehensible. They think it over again and again, and are more and more perplexed and embarrassed. The difficulties which these facts suggest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-12The psalmist gives an exaggerated picture of the happiness of the wicked (compare Psalm 1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. Hence God's people are confounded, turned hither (or back) and thither, perplexed with doubts of God's knowledge and care, and filled with sorrow.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 73:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blindness
• Cup
• Drunkenness
• Integrity
• Rich, the
• Temptation
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Counsel
• Fatness
• Glory
• Loftily
• Manasseh
• Mouth
• Psalms
• Receive
• Reins

Commentaries on Psalms 73

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings