English Standard Version
Psalms 73:26
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.
Context of Psalms 73:26
24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. 25Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. 28But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:26 word by word
כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:26
- Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
- Psalms 119:81My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
- Philippians 1:21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- 2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
- 2 Peter 1:14since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalms 138:3On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- Psalms 16:5The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
- Psalms 119:57The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words.
- Psalms 142:5I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Commentaries on Psalms 73:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26My flesh - faileth - I shall soon die: and my heart - even my natural courage, will fail; and no support but what is supernatural will then be available. Therefore, he adds: God is the strength of my heart - Literally, the rock of my heart. And my portion - Allusion is here made to the division of the promised land. I ask no inheritance below; I look for one above. I do not look for this in the possession of any place; it is God alone that can content the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26My flesh and my heart faileth - Flesh and heart here seem to refer to the whole man, body and soul; and the idea is, that his powers of body and mind failed; were spent; were exhausted. This seems to have been said in an “ideal” sense, or by anticipation. He does not mean to say that his strength then had actually failed, but he seems to have placed himself by imagination in the situation where his strength “would” be all gone - in sickness, in weakness…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discontent, is very painful. In reflecting upon it, the psalmist owns it was his folly and ignorance thus to vex himself. If good men, at any time, through the surprise and strength of temptation, think, or speak, or act amiss, they will reflect upon it with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26Nothing in heaven or on earth is better than being near God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. God is his only satisfying good.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 73
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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