Psalms 73:26 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 73:26

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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33 verses on the floor

2 Corinthians 12:9–10
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Isaiah 40:29–31
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Psalms 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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God is the strength of my heart; I do so still, and hope ever to find him so." In the distress supposed, he had put the case of a double failure, both flesh and heart fail; but, in the relief, he fastens on a single support: he leaves out the flesh and the consideration of that, it is enough that God is the strength of his heart.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

strength--literally, "rock" (Ps 18:2). portion-- (Ps 16:5; The lot of apostates, described by a figure of frequent use (Jer 3:1, 3; Eze 23:35), is contrasted with his, who finds happiness in nearness to God (Jas 4:8), and his delightful work the declaration of His praise.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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