New King James Version
Psalms 73:26
26My flesh and my heart 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My flesh and my heart may 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 will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. 25Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. 28But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare 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; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word.
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in 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 is at hand.
- 2 Peter 1:14knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 27:14Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
- Psalms 138:3In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- Psalms 16:5O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.
- Psalms 119:57You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words.
- Psalms 142:5I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “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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