New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 73:13-22

13Surely 1in vain I have 2kept my heart pure And 3washed my hands in innocence;14For I have been stricken 4all day long And 5 6chastened every morning.

15If I had said, “I will speak thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the 7generation of Your children.16When I 8pondered to understand this, It was 9troublesome in my sight17Until I came into the 10 11sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their 12end.18Surely You set them in 13slippery places; You cast them down to 14 15destruction.19How they are 16 17destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by 18sudden terrors!20Like a 19dream when one awakes, O Lord, when 20aroused, You will 21despise their 22form.

21When my 23heart was embittered And I was 24pierced 25within,22Then I was 26senseless and ignorant; I was like 27a 28beast 29before You.

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Notes

1. Psalms 73:13 Job 21:15; 34:9; 35:3 ↩
2. Psalms 73:13 Or cleansed my heart ↩
3. Psalms 73:13 Ps 26:6 ↩
4. Psalms 73:14 Ps 38:6 ↩
5. Psalms 73:14 Lit my chastening ↩
6. Psalms 73:14 Job 33:19; Ps 118:18 ↩
7. Psalms 73:15 Ps 14:5 ↩
8. Psalms 73:16 Eccl 8:17 ↩
9. Psalms 73:16 Lit labor, trouble ↩
10. Psalms 73:17 Lit sanctuaries ↩
11. Psalms 73:17 Ps 27:4; 77:13 ↩
12. Psalms 73:17 Ps 37:38 ↩
13. Psalms 73:18 Ps 35:6 ↩
14. Psalms 73:18 Lit ruins ↩
15. Psalms 73:18 Ps 35:8; 36:12 ↩
16. Psalms 73:19 Lit become a desolation ↩
17. Psalms 73:19 Num 16:21; Is 47:11 ↩
18. Psalms 73:19 Job 18:11 ↩
19. Psalms 73:20 Job 20:8 ↩
20. Psalms 73:20 Ps 78:65 ↩
21. Psalms 73:20 1 Sam 2:30 ↩
22. Psalms 73:20 Or image ↩
23. Psalms 73:21 Judg 10:16 ↩
24. Psalms 73:21 Acts 2:37 ↩
25. Psalms 73:21 Lit in my kidneys ↩
26. Psalms 73:22 Ps 49:10; 92:6 ↩
27. Psalms 73:22 Or an animal ↩
28. Psalms 73:22 Job 18:3; Ps 49:20; Eccl 3:18 ↩
29. Psalms 73:22 Lit with You ↩

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