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Surely God Is Good to Israel

Psalms 73:26

In 11 translations

BSB
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Hebrew rock
KJV
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.strength: Heb. rock
WEB
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
ASV
My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
LSV
My flesh and my heart have been consumed, || God [is] the rock of my heart and my portion for all time.
YLT
Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
DBY
My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.Elohim
DRC72:26
For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
GNV
My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
JPS
My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
LXXE72:26
My heart and my flesh have failed: but God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃
LXX-Br72:26
Ἐξέλιπεν ἡ καρδία μου καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου, ὁ Θεὸς τῆς καρδίας μου, καὶ ἡ μερίς μου ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9–10But 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. That is why, for the…
  • Isaiah 40:29–31He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with…
  • Psalms 138:3On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
  • Psalms 18:2The 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.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:8–10We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of…
  • 2 Corinthians 4:16–18Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond…
  • Psalms 16:5–6The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
  • Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
  • Psalms 63:1O 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.
  • Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  • Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
  • Revelation 21:3–4And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. ‘He will wipe away…
  • Philippians 1:21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
  • Psalms 40:12For 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.
  • Psalms 119:81–82My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

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