New International Version
Psalms 73:21
21When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
Psalms 73:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside.
Context of Psalms 73:21
19How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, 22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. 23Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:21 word by word
כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:21
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 37:1Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;
- Job 16:13his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
- Lamentations 3:13He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.
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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