Psalms 73:27

For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

28But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and they call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice;

1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost, to inquire thereby,

Job 21:14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.

Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not Thy statutes.

Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

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 →

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