Psalms 73 · Verse 10

Psalms 73:10

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psalms 73:10, King James Version

Psalms 73:10 in other translations

BSBSo their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
WEBTherefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
ASVTherefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
YLTTherefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
DARBYTherefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.
BBEFor this reason they are full of bread; and water is ever flowing for them.
WebsterTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

What does Psalms 73:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 73:10-12
10-12. Hence God's people are confounded, turned hither (or back) and thither, perplexed with doubts of God's knowledge and care, and filled with sorrow.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Therefore his people return hither - There are very few verses in the Bible that have been more variously translated than this; and, like the man in the fable, they have blown the hot to cool it, and the cold to warm it. It has been translated, "Therefore God's people fall off to them; and thence they reap no small advantage." And, "Therefore let his people come before them; and waters in full measure would be wrung out from them." That is, "Should God's people come before them, they would squeeze them to the utmost; they would wring out all the juice in their bodies." The Chaldee has, "Therefore, are they turned against the people of the Lord, that they may bruise and beat them with mallets; that they may pour out to them abundance of tears." The Vulgate, "Therefore shall my people return here, and days of abundance shall be found by them." The Septuagint is the same. The Ethiopic, Arabic, and Syriac, nearly the same. The Hebrew text is, לכן ישוב עמו הלם ומי מלא ימצו למו lachen yashub ammo (עמי ammi) halom; umey male yimmatsu lamo; "Therefore shall my people be converted, where they shall find abundance of waters." That is, The people, seeing the iniquity of the Babylonians, and feeling their oppressive hand, shall be converted to me; and I shall bring them to their own land, where they shall find an abundance of all the necessaries of life. I believe this to be the meaning; and thus we find their afflictions were sanctified to them; for they obliged them to return to God, and then God caused them to return to their own land. The Vulgate translates ומי מלא umey male, "abundance of waters," by et dies pleni, "and days of plenty;" for it has read ימי yemey, days, for ומי umey, and waters. Almost all the Versions support this reading; but it is not acknowledged by any MS. The old Psalter is here mutilated.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 73:1-14

The psalmist was strongly tempted to envy the prosperity of the wicked; a common temptation, which has tried the graces of many saints. But he lays down the great principle by which he resolved to abide. It is the goodness of God. This is a truth which cannot be shaken. Good thoughts of God will fortify against Satan's temptations. The faith even of strong believers may be sorely shaken, and ready to fail. There are…

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Psalms 73:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֤ן\׀la.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
יָשׁ֣וּבya.Shuvit turns backH7725
עַמּ֣וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
הֲלֹ֑םha.LomhereH1988
וּמֵ֥יu.Meiand waters ofH4325
מָ֝לֵ֗אma.Le'fullH4392
יִמָּ֥צוּyi.Ma.tzuthey are drainedH4680
לָֽמוֹ\׃la.moby them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 73:10

  • Psalms 75:8

    For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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Context

  • Psalms 73:9

    They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Psalms 73:10

    Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  • Psalms 73:11

    And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

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Psalms 73:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por eso su pueblo vuelve aquí, y aguas de lleno les son exprimidas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi son peuple se tourne de ce côté-là, et on lui verse l’eau à plein bord,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deshalb wendet sich hierher sein Volk, und Wasser in Fülle wird von ihnen geschlürft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Usquequo, Deus, improperabit inimicus? irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?