Psalms 73:26

73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. strength: Heb. rock

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My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

What does Psalms 73:26 mean?

Psalms 73:26 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שְׁאֵר (shᵉʼêr), לֵבָב (lêbâb), כָּלָה (kâlâh).

Hebrew interlinear

fleshשְׁאֵרshᵉʼêr/sheh-ayr'/H7607flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood

and

heartלֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

faileth:כָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

but

Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

the

strengthצוּרtsûwr/tsoor/H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

heart,לֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

and

portionחֵלֶקchêleq/khay'lek/H2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment

for

ever.עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

strength:

Heb.

rock

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 73:26.

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 73:26 say?

Psalms 73:26 (King James Version) reads: "My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. strength: Heb. rock"

Is Psalms 73:26 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 73:26 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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