God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:26
26My body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
Context of Psalms 73:26
24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory. 25As long as I have you, I don’t need anyone else in heaven or on earth. My body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever. 27Without a doubt, those who are far from you will die. You destroy all who are unfaithful to you. 28Being united with God is my highest good. I have made the Almighty Lord my refuge so that I may report everything that he has done.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:26 word by word
כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 73:26
- Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs and yearns for the Lord’s courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.
- Psalms 119:81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
- Job 13:15If God would kill me, I would have no hope ⌞left⌟. Nevertheless, I will defend my behavior to his face.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8In every way we’re troubled, but we aren’t crushed by our troubles. We’re frustrated, but we don’t give up.
- Philippians 1:21Christ means everything to me in this life, and when I die I’ll have even more.
- 2 Timothy 4:6My life is coming to an end, and it is now time for me to be poured out as a sacrifice to God.
- 2 Peter 1:14I know that I will die soon. Our Lord Jesus Christ has made that clear to me.
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my Savior, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 27:14Wait with hope for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Yes, wait with hope for the Lord.
- Psalms 138:3When I called, you answered me. You made me bold by strengthening my soul.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those who are weak.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he told me: “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So I will brag even more about my weaknesses in order that Christ’s power will live in me.
- Psalms 16:5The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.
- Psalms 119:57You are my inheritance, O Lord. I promised to hold on to your words.
- Psalms 142:5I call out to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world 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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