Psalms 73:24 — Word Study
WLCבַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּב֥וֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃
BSAYou guide menâchâh▸ [lead, direct] with Your counselʻêtsâh [advice, plan] and laterʼachar [afterward, in the future] receive melâqach▸ [take, welcome] ◂in glorykâbôwd [great honor, splendor]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ | with counsel your | Preposition, noun common feminine singular construct, suffix |
| תַנְחֵ֑נִי | you guide me | Verb hiphil imperfect second person masculine singular, suffix |
| וְ֝אַחַ֗ר | and after | Conjunction |
| כָּב֥וֹד | honor | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ | you will take me | Verb qal imperfect second person masculine singular, suffix |
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| BSB | You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory. |
| KJV | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
| ASV | Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. |
| YLT | With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me. |
| WEB | You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
| BBE | Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour. |
Translations agree on the rendering of בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ as 'with Your counsel'.
The sentence has one main clause followed by two adverbial phrases that indicate timing and action.
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Deep Study — Psalms 73:24
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Context — The Assurance of God's Guidancegenerated
Psalm 73:24 reflects the psalmist's assurance in God's continual guidance through life. He acknowledges that while he is always in God's presence, he looks forward to being received in glory. This verse is part of a larger meditation on the contrast between the fate of the wicked and the faithfulness of God, as seen in the preceding and following verses.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm 16:7 | I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me. |
| 2 | Psalm 25:9 | He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. |
| 3 | Psalm 32:8 | I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you. |
| 4 | Psalm 48:14 | For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death. |
| 5 | Psalm 143:8–10 | Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 21 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥, ba.'a.tza.te.Khagenerated
The word בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ (ba'atzatecha) combines the preposition for 'with' and the noun for 'counsel', indicating guidance provided by God's wisdom. It emphasizes a relationship where God's advice shapes the psalmist's path.
This term suggests a deep reliance on God's wisdom, highlighting the importance of divine counsel in decision-making. The parsing indicates that it is a construct form, showing possession — it is God's counsel that guides.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
In the Berean Standard Bible, the phrase is rendered as with Your counsel, which is consistent across other translations such as the KJV and ASV.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb תַנְחֵ֑נִי (tancheni), meaning 'You guide me', governs the structure of the verse. It is followed by two phrases: a prepositional phrase indicating the means of guidance and an adverbial phrase describing the subsequent action.
The order places emphasis on God's guidance first, followed by the promise of future glory. This structure highlights the relationship between present guidance and future hope.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ with the Greek word σου (sou), meaning 'Your'. This choice maintains the possessive nature of God's counsel, emphasizing the personal relationship.
The translation reflects a direct correspondence to the Hebrew, ensuring that the concept of divine guidance remains intact.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalm 73:24 expresses the psalmist's trust in God's guidance. He acknowledges that God leads him with His wise counsel and looks forward to being welcomed into glory in the future. This verse highlights the relationship between God's present guidance and the hope of future honor.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Being guided by God's counsel means relying on His wisdom and advice to navigate life's decisions and challenges.
Being received in glory refers to the future honor and splendor that awaits the believer in God's presence.
You can seek God's counsel through prayer, reading Scripture, and seeking wisdom from godly mentors.
This verse assures that God is actively guiding us now and that He has a glorious future prepared for us.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what areas of my life do I need to seek God's counsel more intentionally?
- How can I remind myself of God's guidance during difficult times?
- What does the promise of future glory mean to me personally?
- How can I help others recognize and follow God's counsel in their lives?
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 73:24 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThou shalt guide me with thy counsel,.... Which is wise and prudent, wholesome, suitable, and seasonable, hearty, sincere, and faithful, and which is freely given, and when taken, infallibly
Read John Gill on Psalms 73 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryThus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. -He condemns his past beastlike folly and expresses his assurance of God's presence and guidance, notwithstanding his folly. Verse 21.
Read Robert Jamieson on Psalms 73 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThou shalt guide me: as thou hast kept me hitherto in all my trials, so I am assured thou wilt lead me still into right paths, and keep me from wandering or straying from thee, or falling into mischief. With thy counsel; partly, by thy gracious providence, executing thy purpose of mercy to me, and watching over me; partly, by thy word, which thou wilt open mine eyes to understand, as ; and principally, by thy Holy Spirit, sanctifying and directing me in the whole course of my life. Receive me to glory; either, 1. Advance me to honour here. Or rather, 2. Translate me to everlasting glory in heaven. For, 1. Thus God doth for his people most constantly and certainly, whilst all the occurrences…
Read Matthew Poole on Psalms 73 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.Ver. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel] We had his repentance, Psalms 73:21-22, his faith, Psalms 73:23, and here we have his hope of safety here and salvation hereafter. And afterwards receive me] As thou didst holy Enoch.
Read John Trapp on Psalms 73 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) To glory.—Better, With honour, as LXX. and Vulg.; or achar may be taken as a preposition: Lead me after honour, i.e., in the way to get it. The thought is not of a reward after death, but of that true honour which would have been lost by adopting the views of the worldly, and is only to be gained by loyalty to God.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Psalms 73 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel] After we have suffered awhile, receiving directions and consolations from thy good Spirit, by means of thy prophets, who are in the same captivity with ourselves; thou wilt grant us deliverance, restore us to our own land, and crown us with honour and happiness. Any sincere follower of God may use these words in reference to this and the coming world. Thy counsel - thy WORD and SPIRIT, shall guide me through life; and when I have done and suffered thy righteous will, thou wilt receive me into thy eternal glory.
Read AdamClarke on Psalms 73 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges24. with thy counsel] Tacitly he contrasts the course of his life with that of the wicked, for counsel is an attribute of the Divine Wisdom (Proverbs 8:14), which the wicked despise (Proverbs 1:25; Proverbs 1:30). to glory] Or, with glory (R.V. marg.); or, as the word is often translated, with honour. The meaning of this verse is much disputed. Can we suppose that the words bore for the Psalmist the sense which they naturally bear for the Christian in the fuller light of the Gospel? Do they express his faith that God’s guidance of him through this life will be followed by reception into the glory of His Presence after death? Or do they simply express his confidence that God will guide him…
Read Cambridge on Psalms 73 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleThou shalt guide me with thy counsel - With thy advice; with thy teaching. This implies two things: (a) his belief that God “would” do this, notwithstanding his folly; and (b) his purpose that God “should” be his guide now.
Read Albert Barnes on Psalms 73 →The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor.
Tyndale line
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
Strictly literal
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
You lead me with Your counsel, || And after, receive me [to] glory.
With thy counsel wilt thou guide me, and afterward take me on to glory.
You will guide me with your advice and afterward receive me to glory.
Simplified
You tell me what to do; and ultimately you will welcome me in glory.
Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
Both the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree on the wording of this verse, with all five words matching in the Hebrew and Greek texts. This consistency reinforces the integrity of the text across traditions.
בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּב֥וֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃
5 of the 5 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in Psalms 73:24
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Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
עֵצָה (`etsah) refers to counsel or advice, and can also imply a plan or purpose. It is derived from a root meaning to advise or provide guidance. The entries consistently emphasize its use in contexts related to providing counsel or making decisions.
עֵצָה n.f. counsel, advice
base
H6098 עֵצָה counsel, advice
6098 `etsah ay-tsaw'
from 3289; advice; by implication, plan; also
prudence:--advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
see HEBREW for 03289
עֵצָה (e.tsah) — counsel.
counsel, advice, purpose
Prep | N-fs | Suff — Preposition · noun common feminine singular construct · suffixHR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
נָחָה (nachah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to lead or guide. It can imply bringing someone or something to a destination, governing, or even transporting into exile. The entries indicate its use in both the Qal and Hiphil forms, suggesting a range of meanings related to leadership and guidance.
[נָחָה] vb. lead, guide
Qal lead, bring
Hiph. lead, guide
base
H5148 נָחָה lead, guide
5148 nachah naw-khaw'
a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport
(into exile, or as colonists):--bestow, bring, govern, guide,
lead (forth), put, straiten.
נָחָה (na.chah) — to lead.
1) to lead, guide
1a) (Qal) to lead, bring
1b) (Hiphil) to lead, guide
V-Hiphil-Imperf-2ms | Suff — Verb hiphil imperfect second person masculine singular · suffixHVhi2ms/Sp1bs
The Hebrew word אַחַר (*achar*) primarily denotes the concept of 'after' or 'behind' in both spatial and temporal contexts. It functions as a substantive, adverb, preposition, and conjunction, indicating a following part or time. The related form אַחֲרַי (*acharai*) refers to a person who turns backwards. There is a reference to Proverbs 28:23 in relation to the latter.
אַחַר prop. subst. the hinder or following part
adv.
of place, behind
of time, afterwards
prep.
of place, behind, after
of time, after
conj. after that.
H310a אַחַר prop. subst. the hinder or following part . adv. . of place, behind
. of time, afterwards
. prep. . of place, behind, after
. of time, after
. conj. after that.
H310b אַחֲרַי a man that turneth backwards.
310 'achar akh-ar'
from 309; properly, the hind part; generally used as an
adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses):--after
(that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side),
behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from,
hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute,
posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth),
when, with.
see HEBREW for 0309
אַחַר (a.char) — after.
1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
1a) as an adverb
1a1) behind (of place)
1a2) afterwards (of time)
1b) as a preposition
1b1) behind, after (of place)
1b2) after (of time)
1b3) besides
1c) as a conjunction
1c) after that
1d) as a substantive
1d1) hinder part
1e) with other prepositions
1e1) from behind
1e2) from following after
אַחֲרַי (a.cha.ray) — backwards.
backwards (of a man that turns backwards)
Conj | Adv — ConjunctionHC/Acmsa
כָּבוֹד (kabowd) refers to concepts of abundance, honour, and glory. It encompasses external splendor, dignity of position, and reputation, as well as the inner nobility of a person. The term can denote both the weightiness of glory and the reverence due to someone. The entries consistently emphasize its positive connotations.
כָּבוֹד n.m. and f. abundance, honour, glory
abundance, riches
honour, splendor, glory, of external condition and circumstances
honour, dignity of position
honour, reputation, of character
my honour, poet. of the seat of honour in the inner man, the noblest part of man
honour, reverence, glory, as due to one or ascribed to one
glory as the object, of honour, reverence and glorifying
base
H3519 כָּבוֹד abundance, honour, glory . abundance, riches
. honour, splendor, glory, of external condition and circumstances
. honour, dignity of position
. honour, reputation, of character
. my honour, poet. of the seat of honour in the inner man, the noblest part of man
. honour, reverence, glory, as due to one or ascribed to one
. glory as the object, of honour, reverence and glorifying
3519 kabowd kaw-bode'
rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}; from 3513; properly, weight, but
only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or
copiousness:--glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
see HEBREW for 03513
כָּבוֹד (ka.vod) — glory.
1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance
1a) abundance, riches
1b) honour, splendour, glory
1c) honour, dignity
1d) honour, reputation
1e) honour, reverence, glory
1f) glory
N-cs — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
The Hebrew word לָקַח (*laqach*) means 'to take' and encompasses a wide range of actions, including to receive, seize, capture, and carry away. It can refer to taking something in hand, taking a wife, or even taking vengeance. The verb has various forms indicating different nuances, such as being taken away or captured.
לָקַח 965 vb. take
Qal
take, take in hand
take and carry along with oneself
take from, or out of
take, carry away
take away from, so as to deprive of
esp. take away life
take to or for a person
take up, upon = put upon
= fetch
take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
take = capture, seize
take = carry off
in phr. take vengeance
Niph.
be captured, of ark
be taken away, removed
be taken, brought unto
Pu.
be taken from, out of
= be stolen from
be taken captive
be taken away, removed
Hoph.
be taken, brought unto
be taken out of
be taken away from
Hithp. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
base
H3947 לָקַח take .. take, take in hand
. take and carry along with oneself
. . take from, or out of
. take, carry away
. take away from, so as to deprive of
. esp. take away life
. take to or for a person
. take up, upon = put upon
. = fetch
. take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
. take = capture, seize
. take = carry off
. in phr. take vengeance
. . be captured, of ark
. be taken away, removed
. be taken, brought unto
. . be taken from, out of
. = be stolen from
. be taken captive
. be taken away, removed
. . be taken, brought unto
. be taken out of
. be taken away from
. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning
3947 laqach law-kakh'
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of
applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch,
get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve,
seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
לָקַח (la.qach) — to take: take.
: take
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | Suff — Verb qal imperfect second person masculine singular · suffixHVqi2ms/Sp1bs