King James Version
Psalms 73:21 in the King James Version says “Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.”
Psalms 73:21 · KJV
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. ignorant: Heb. I knew not before Heb. with
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“was grieved”
H2556to be pungent; i.e., in taste (sour, i.e., literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
“in my reins”
H3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
“and I was pricked”
H8150to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
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