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Psalms Chapter 73

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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM

1 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made,
2 And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
3 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap:
4 He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
5 Let all the earth fear Jehovah:
6 Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
7 For he spake, and it was done;
8 He commanded, and it stood fast.
9 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought;
10 He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever,
12 The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
13 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah,
14 The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
15 Jehovah looketh from heaven;
16 He beholdeth all the sons of men;
17 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth
18 Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
19 He that fashioneth the hearts of them all,
20 That considereth all their works.
21 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host:
22 A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
23 A horse is a vain thing for safety;
24 Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
25 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him,
26 Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;
27 To deliver their soul from death,
28 And to keep them alive in famine.

darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext

1 TrulyGod is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;
5 They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:
6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
7 Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
8 They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
9 They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How canGod know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
13 Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
14 For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
17 Until I went into the sanctuaries ofGod; [then] understood I their end.
18 Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
19 How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
21 When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
22 Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
25 Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth:God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
27 For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.
28 But as for me, it is good for me to draw near toGod: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.

lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM

1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Wherefore hast thou rejected [us], O God, for ever? [wherefore] is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thine hands against their pride continually; [because of] all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.
4 And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,
5 ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
6 they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
7 They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name.
8 They have said in their heart, [even] all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
9 We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and [God] will not know us any more.
10 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name for ever?
11 Wherefore turnest thou away thine hand, and thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom for ever?
12 But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.
14 Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him [for] meat to the Ethiopian nations.
15 Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.
17 Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring.
18 Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name.
19 Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.
20 Look upon thy covenant: for the dark [places] of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
21 Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.
23 Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.

vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)

1 Intellectus Asaph. Ut quid Deus repulisti in finem: iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ?
2 Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hereditatis tuæ: mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
3 Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
4 Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te: in medio solemnitatis tuæ. Posuerunt signa sua, signa:
5 et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus
6 exciderunt ianuas eius in idipsum: in securi, et ascia deiecerunt eam.
7 Incenderunt igni Sanctuarium tuum: in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.
8 Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
9 Signa nostra non vidimus, iam non est propheta: et nos non cognoscet amplius.
10 Usquequo Deus improperabit inimicus: irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
11 Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam, de medio sinu tuo in finem?
12 Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula: operatus est salutem in medio terræ.
13 Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare: contribulasti capita draconum in aquis.
14 Tu confregisti capita draconis: dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum.
15 Tu dirupisti fontes, et torrentes: tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
16 Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
17 Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ: æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
18 Memor esto huius, inimicus improperavit Domino: et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
19 Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
20 Respice in testamentum tuum: quia repleti sunt, qui obscurati sunt terræ domibus iniquitatum.
21 Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus: pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.
22 Exurge Deus, iudica causam tuam: memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die.
23 Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum, qui te oderunt, ascendit semper.

web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV

1 A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11 They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14 For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8

1 A Psalm of Asaph. Only--good to Israel <FI>is<Fi> God, to the clean of heart. And I--as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
2 As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
4 And their might <FI>is<Fi> firm.
5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
10 Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
11 And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
12 Lo, these <FI>are<Fi> the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
13 Only--a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof <FI>is<Fi> every morning.
15 If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
16 And I think to know this, Perverseness it <FI>is<Fi> in mine eyes,
17 Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
18 Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
19 How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended--consumed from terrors.
20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
21 For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
22 And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
23 And I <FI>am<Fi> continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
24 With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
25 Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
26 Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.
27 For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.
28 And I--nearness of God to me <FI>is<Fi> good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!

Explain Like I'm 10

Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.

Explain Like I'm 15

Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).