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Surely God Is Good to Israel

Psalms 73:21

In 11 translations

BSB
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
KJV
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
WEB
For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
ASV
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
LSV
For my heart shows itself violent, || And my reins prick themselves,
YLT
For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
DBY
When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
DRC72:21
For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
GNV
Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
JPS
For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
LXXE72:21
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.Gr. changed.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃
LXX-Br72:21
Ὅτι ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ οἱ νεφροί μου ἠλλοιώθησαν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
  • Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Lamentations 3:13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
  • Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
  • Job 16:13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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