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Psalms 73:28
Psalms 73:28 is verse 28 of Psalms chapter 73, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
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.
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.
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
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Psalms 73:26–28 · Berean Standard Bible
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
28 But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Luke 15:17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Luke 15:19I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10:20by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
Hebrews 10:21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Psalms 71:24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.