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Psalms 73:10

73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

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Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

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

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

73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

What does Psalms 73:10 mean?

Psalms 73:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עַם (ʻam), שׁוּב (shûwb), הֲלֹם (hălôm).

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Therefore
his
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
returnשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
hither:הֲלֹםhălôm/hal-ome'/H1988hither
and
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
of
a
fullמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4392full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
cup
are
wrung
outמָצָהmâtsâh/maw-tsaw'/H4680to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out
to
them.

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Afflictions of the Wicked, theIntegrityPunishment of the Wicked, theRich, TheTemptationWickedWorldliness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 73:10.

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Genesis 26:18

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. continually: Heb. in going and returning

Genesis 8:7

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. to: Heb. in going forth and returning

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

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What does Psalms 73:10 say?

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

Is Psalms 73:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 73:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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