Psalms 73:27
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Cross References
Exodus 34:15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice;
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his trespass 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 one that had a familiar spirit, 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 15:7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of 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 →