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Psalm 73:1

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73:1Certainly God is good to Israel,1

and to those whose motives are pure!2

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Since the psalm appears to focus on an individual’s concerns, not the situation of Israel, this introduction may be a later addition designed to apply the psalm’s message to the entire community. To provide a better parallel with the next line, some emend the Hebrew phrase לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים (léyisra’el ’elohim, “to Israel, God”) to אֱלֹהִים [or אֵל] לָיָּשָׁר (’elohim [or ’el] léyyashar, “God [is good] to the upright one”).
  2. 2 Heb “to the pure of heart.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Truly God is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Surely God is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God is indeed good to Israel,

to the pure in heart.

NLTNew Living Translation

Truly God is good to Israel,

to those whose hearts are pure.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely God is good to Israel,

to those pure of heart.

KJV 1900King James Version

Truly God is good to Israel,

Even to such as are of a clean heart.