Psalms 73:27
For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Cross References
Exodus 34:15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and [a man] calls thee and thou eat of his sacrifice,
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against LORD, because of the word of LORD, which did not keep, and also because he asked counsel of a spiritist, to inquire [thereby],
Job 21:14And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not thy statutes.
Jeremiah 12:2Thou have planted them. Yea, they have taken root, they grow. Yea, they bring forth fruit. Thou are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
Matthew 15:7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:22-28
Devout Confidence. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far… Read the whole commentary →