King James Version

Psalms 73:21

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

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כִּ֭יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץyitchametsbe grievedחָמֵץverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be grieved”, an unfinished actionH2556to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.לְבָבִ֑יlevavibreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗יvekhilyotayand kidneysכִּלְיָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and kidneys”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)kidneys, reins.אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽןeshtonanprickשָׁנַןverb, hithpolel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “prick”, an unfinished actionH8150to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcateprick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

Young’s Literal Translation

For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

World English Bible

For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

Darby Translation

When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,

Douay-Rheims

Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ηὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ οἱ νεφροί μου ἠλλοιώθησαν.