Bible Strands
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks as a worshipper who has just affirmed God as his sole desire on earth and in heaven, addressing his own condition of exhaustion in direct contrast to the fate of those distant from God.
The words — צוּר (tzur) literally means "rock," and חֶלְקִי (chelki) means "my portion."
The thread — The text links human weakness to divine empowerment in 2 Corinthians 12:9 and Isaiah 40:29, while Psalm 138:3 parallels the declaration of God strengthening the inner person.
Why it lands — The verse states that physical and emotional capacity inevitably ends, requiring the reader to identify God as the permanent sustainer rather than relying on fading human resources.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 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.
- Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Psalms 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Psalms 18:2 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.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Psalms 16:5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- Psalms 84:2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. 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.
- Lamentations 3:24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”