Psalms 73:27
For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you.
Updated King James 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 for ever.
Cross References
Exodus 34:15Lest you 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 you, and you eat of his sacrifice;
1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.
Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
Jeremiah 12:2You have planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Matthew 15:7All of you 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 →