Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But it is good for me to draw near to God. I have made lord LORD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
New American Standard Bible
I have made the Lord
That I may
King James Version
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Holman Bible
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.
International Standard Version
As for me, how good for me it is that God is near! I have made the Lord GOD my refuge so I can tell about all your deeds. An instruction of Asaph
American Standard Version
But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
Amplified
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.
Bible in Basic English
But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
Darby Translation
But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.
Julia Smith Translation
And I drawing near to God, it is good for me: I put in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, to recount all thy works.
King James 2000
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.
Modern King James verseion
And I, it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in Jehovah God, to declare all Your works.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
NET Bible
But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.
New Heart English Bible
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
The Emphasized Bible
But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness, - I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge, - That I may recount all thy works.
Webster
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
World English Bible
But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. A contemplation by Asaph.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!
Themes
Access to God » Blessedness of
Closeness » Drawing near to God
Declaration » Declaring the lord and his works
Draw near to God » In prayer and fellowship
God » Christ as » Draw near to, in prayer and fellowship
Topics
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:28
Prayers for Psalm 73:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
27 For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God. I have made lord LORD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
Phrases
Cross References
James 4:8
Approach God and he will approach you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinners, and purify the hearts, ye double-minded.
Psalm 65:4
Blessed is the man whom thou choose and cause to approach, that he may dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple.
Psalm 118:17
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of LORD.
Psalm 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 107:22
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entrance into the holy things by the blood of Jesus,
1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ also once suffered for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might bring you to God. Having indeed been killed in flesh, but made alive in spirit,
Psalm 14:6
Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because LORD is his refuge.
Psalm 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalm 66:16
Come, and hear, all ye who fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.
Psalm 71:17
O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.
Psalm 71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long. For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek my hurt.
Psalm 116:7
Return to thy rest, O my soul, for LORD has dealt bountifully with thee.
Lamentations 3:25-26
LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Luke 15:17-20
But when he came to himself, he said, How many hired men of my father's have abundance of loaves, but I am perishing with hunger.