Psalms 73:26
For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
In Context
25For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?
Cross References
Psalms 16:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
Psalms 27:14Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
Psalms 63:1A psalm of David when he was in the desert of Edom.
Psalms 138:3For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.
Isaiah 40:29It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.
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 →