God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:21
21When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized ⌞with envy⌟,
Psalms 73:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
- New International Version (NIV)When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
- English Standard Version (ESV)When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind.
Context of Psalms 73:21
19They are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away by terror! 20As ⌞someone⌟ gets rid of a dream when he wakes up, so you, O Lord, get rid of the thought of them when you wake up. When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized ⌞with envy⌟, 22I was stupid, and I did not understand. I was like a dumb animal in your presence. 23Yet, I am always with you. You hold on to my right hand.
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כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:21
- Psalms 73:3because I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
- Psalms 37:1Do not be preoccupied with evildoers. Do not envy those who do wicked things.
- Job 16:13and his archers surrounded me. He slashes open my kidneys without mercy and spills my blood on the ground.
- Lamentations 3:13He has shot the arrows from his quiver into my heart.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Thus may heart was grieved - The different views which I got of this subject quite confounded me; I was equally astonished at their sudden overthrow and my own ignorance. I felt as if I were a beast in stupidity. I permitted my mind to be wholly occupied with sensible things, like the beasts that perish and did not look into a future state; nor did I consider, nor submit to, the wise designs of an unerring Providence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Thus my heart was grieved - literally, and more expressively, “was soured.” The meaning is, that his heart was grieved, pained, dissatisfied. His mind was embittered, and he was rendered unhappy, by the views which he cherished about God, as doubting the wisdom and justice of his dealings with people - and about people, as being envious at their prosperity. And I was pricked in my reins - The reins are often in the Scriptures represented as the seat of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discontent, is very painful. In reflecting upon it, the psalmist owns it was his folly and ignorance thus to vex himself. If good men, at any time, through the surprise and strength of temptation, think, or speak, or act amiss, they will reflect upon it with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22The psalmist’s feelings about the prosperity of the wicked had given him a bitter spirit.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. He confesses how-- foolish--literally, "stupid," and ignorant--literally, "not discerning," had been his course of thought.Read the comment
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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
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