Psalms 73:28

In 11 translations

BSB

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

KJV

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

WEB

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

ASV

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

LSV

And [the] nearness of God to me [is] good, || I have placed my refuge in Lord YHWH, || To recount all Your works!

YLT

And I — nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

DBY

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.Elohim

DRC72:28

But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

GNV

As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.

JPS

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.

LXXE72:28

But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

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WLC

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־ט֥וֹב שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br72:28

Ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ προσκολλᾶσθαι τῷ Θεῷ ἀγαθόν ἐστι, τίθεσθαι ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου· τοῦ ἐξαγγεῖλαι πάσας τὰς αἰνέσεις σου ἐν ταῖς πύλαις τῆς θυγατρὸς Σιών.

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• James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
• Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
• Hebrews 10:19–22Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
• Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
• 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
• Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
• Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• Psalms 71:24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
• Luke 15:17–20Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned…
• Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
• Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
• Psalms 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
• Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
• Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

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