Psalm 73:26 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart an…”

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

World English Bible

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

American Standard Version

My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.

Darby Translation

My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.

Bible in Basic English

My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.

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Cross references

“flesh”

2 Corinthians 4:8–10 2 Corinthians 4:16–18 Psalm 84:2 Psalm 63:1 Philippians 1:21 Job 13:15

2 Corinthians 4:8–10 · BSB

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 4:16–18 · BSB

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Psalm 84:2 · BSB

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 63:1 · BSB

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Philippians 1:21 · BSB

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Job 13:15 · BSB

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

“but”

Isaiah 40:29–31 Psalm 138:3 Psalm 18:2 Psalm 27:14 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Corinthians 12:10

Isaiah 40:29–31 · BSB

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

Psalm 138:3 · BSB

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

Psalm 18:2 · BSB

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 27:14 · BSB

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

2 Corinthians 12:9 · BSB

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:10 · BSB

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

“portion”

Lamentations 3:24 Psalm 142:5 Psalm 119:57 Revelation 21:7 Psalm 16:5 Psalm 16:6

Lamentations 3:24 · BSB

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

Psalm 142:5 · BSB

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalm 119:57 · BSB

The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

Revelation 21:7 · BSB

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

Psalm 16:5 · BSB

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

Psalm 16:6 · BSB

The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

Also

Psalm 40:12

Psalm 40:12 · BSB

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

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