Psalms 73:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 16:13 : 13 His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Ps 37:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in Jehovah, 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 : 3 For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Lam 3:13 : 13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 1:20
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20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Ps 73:16
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16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Ps 143:4
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4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
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4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Lam 3:13
77%
13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Ps 31:9-10
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76%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Isa 21:3-4
2 verses
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3Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
Job 30:16-17
2 verses
76%
16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
Ps 22:14
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14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
Jer 8:18
76%
18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
Job 16:13
76%
13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Ps 73:22
75%
22So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
Job 30:27
75%
27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
Ps 102:4-5
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4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
Ps 73:14
75%
14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
Ps 73:2
75%
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
Lam 3:19-20
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75%
19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
Ps 109:22
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Ps 38:17
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17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
Ps 39:3
74%
3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:
Ps 69:20
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20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Job 37:1
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1Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.
Job 23:16
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16For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
Ps 116:3
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3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Lam 3:11
73%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Lam 1:22
73%
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ps 26:2
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2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
Isa 38:15
73%
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Jer 10:19
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19Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
Ps 142:3
73%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Ps 42:1
73%
1For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Jer 4:19
73%
19My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Job 17:7
73%
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Job 7:11
73%
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Isa 57:17
73%
17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Job 17:11
73%
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Ps 38:10
73%
10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 38:2
73%
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
Ps 6:2-3
2 verses
73%
2Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Job 23:2
72%
2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Ps 25:17
72%
17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.