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Psalms 73:21
21Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside.
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
19In an instant they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors. 20When you arise, O Lord, you will laugh at their silly ideas as a person laughs at dreams in the morning. Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. 22I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you. 23Yet I still belong to you; you hold 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 proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.
- Psalms 37:1Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.
- Job 16:13and now his archers surround me. His arrows pierce me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood.
- Lamentations 3:13He shot his arrows deep 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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