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Psalm 73:27-28
New English Translation

27 Yes,[a] look! Those far from you[b] die;
you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.[c]
28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need.[d]
I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter,
as[e] I declare all the things you have done.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:27 tn Or “for.”
  2. Psalm 73:27 sn The following line defines the phrase far from you in a spiritual sense. Those “far” from God are those who are unfaithful and disloyal to him.
  3. Psalm 73:27 tn Heb “everyone who commits adultery from you.”
  4. Psalm 73:28 tn Heb “but as for me, the nearness of God for me [is] good.”
  5. Psalm 73:28 tn The infinitive construct with ל (lamed) is understood here as indicating an attendant circumstance. Another option is to take it as indicating purpose (“so that I might declare”) or result (“with the result that I declare”).
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