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Psalm 73:1–3

1 Truly God is good to Israel,

To such as are pure in heart.

2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;

My steps had nearly bslipped.

3 cFor I was envious of the boastful,

When I saw the prosperity of the dwicked.

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Psalm 73:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

Surely God is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;

I had nearly lost my foothold.

For I envied the arrogant

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Truly God is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,

my steps had nearly slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Truly God is good to Israel,

Even to such as are of a clean heart.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone;

My steps had well nigh slipped.

For I was envious at the foolish,

When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Truly God is good to Israel,

to those whose hearts are pure.

But as for me, I almost lost my footing.

My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.

For I envied the proud

when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.

Psalm 73:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

God is truly good to Israel,

to those who have pure hearts.

But I had almost stopped believing;

I had almost lost my faith

because I was jealous of proud people.

I saw wicked people doing well.

Psalm 73:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Surely God is good to Israel,

Even to such as are pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone;

My steps had well nigh slipped.

For I was envious at the arrogant,

When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped; For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

God is truly good to Israel, 

to those whose lives are pure. 

But my feet had almost stumbled. 

They had almost slipped 

because I was envious of arrogant people 

when I saw the prosperity that wicked people enjoy. 

Psalm 73:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

God is indeed good to Israel,

to the pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;

my steps nearly went astray.

For I envied the arrogant;

I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Truly God is good to the upright,

to those who are pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;

my steps had nearly slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant;

I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Surely God is good to Israel,

to those pure of heart.

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled.

My steps had nearly slipped,

because I envied the boastful

when I saw the well-being of the wicked.

Psalm 73:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

God is truly good to Israel.

He is good to those who have pure hearts.

But my feet had almost slipped.

I had almost tripped and fallen.

I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well.

And I began to long for what they had.

Psalm 73:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Surely God is good to Israel,

To those who are pure in heart!

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,

My steps had almost slipped.

For I was envious of the arrogant

As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.


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