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Psalms 73:21

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

KJV

Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus ; pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.

Vulgate

μὴ ἀποστραφήτω τεταπεινωμένος καὶ κατῃσχυμμένος· πτωχὸς καὶ πένης αἰνέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομά σου.

LXX

For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

ASV

כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑/י וְ֝/כִלְיוֹתַ֗/י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 251×
י
y
noun · 31×
יֶחְמָ֑ץ
ychmts
verb · 6×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 9×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:38 — What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
  • Job 16:13 — His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
  • Lam 3:13 — He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
  • Ps 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
  • Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.