New English Translation
Psalms 73:26
26My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.
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
24You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor. 25Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth. My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability. 27Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. 28But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.
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! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Psalms 84:2I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
- Psalms 119:81I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
- Job 13:15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
- Philippians 1:21For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
- 2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand.
- 2 Peter 1:14since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
- Psalms 27:14Rely on the Lord! Be strong and confident! Rely on the Lord!
- Psalms 138:3When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
- Psalms 16:5Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.
- Psalms 119:57The Lord is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions.
- Psalms 142:5I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security 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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