Psalms 73:26
24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
28 But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- KJV
- My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- WEB
- My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- ASV
- My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
- DARBY
- My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
- BLB
- My flesh and my heart may be consumed, the rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
- ÅB
- Vansmekter enn mitt kjød og mitt hjerte, så er dog Gud mitt hjertes klippe og min del evindelig.
- OTB
- Mitt kjøtt og mitt hjerte kan svikte,
Men Gud forblir mitt hjertes styrke og min del for evig. - B1930
- Vansmekter enn mitt kjød og mitt hjerte, så er dog Gud mitt hjertes klippe og min del evindelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 12:9–10
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:29–31
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
Read in contextPsalms 138:3
On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:8–10
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:16–18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Read in contextPsalms 16:5–6
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Read in contextPsalms 84:2
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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