Parallel Verses
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!
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
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.
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.
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 far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee. 28 And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!
Phrases
Cross References
James 4:8
draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!
Psalm 65:4
O the happiness of him whom Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.
Psalm 118:17
I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,
Psalm 84:10
For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
Psalm 107:22
And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,
1 Peter 3:18
because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,
Psalm 14:6
The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
Psalm 40:5
Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
Psalm 66:16
Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.
Psalm 71:17
God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.
Psalm 71:24
My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
Psalm 116:7
Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.
Lamentations 3:25-26
Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.
Luke 15:17-20
'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!