Psalms 73:14
12 Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
- KJV
- For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
- WEB
- For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
- ASV
- For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
- DARBY
- For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
- BLB
- For I have been stricken all the day, and chastened in the morning.
- ÅB
- jeg ble dog plaget hele dagen, og hver morgen kom til meg med tukt.
- OTB
- For jeg har vært plaget hele dagen,
Og tuktet hver morgen. - B1930
- jeg blev dog plaget hele dagen, og hver morgen kom til mig med tukt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:5
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Read in contextPsalms 94:12
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Read in contextAmos 3:2
“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
Read in contextJeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
Read in contextJob 7:3–4
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
Read in contextPsalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in context1 Peter 1:6
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Read in contextJob 7:18
that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
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