Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. New Living Translation My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. English Standard Version My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Berean Standard Bible My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. King James Bible My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. New King James Version My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. New American Standard Bible My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. NASB 1995 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. NASB 1977 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Legacy Standard Bible My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. Amplified Bible My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever. Christian Standard Bible My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever. Holman Christian Standard Bible My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, 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. Contemporary English Version My body and mind may fail, but you are my strength and my choice forever. English Revised Version My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. GOD'S WORD® Translation My body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever. Good News Translation My mind and my body may grow weak, but God is my strength; he is all I ever need. International Standard Version My body and mind may fail, but God is my strength and my portion forever. Majority Standard Bible My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. NET Bible My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability. New Heart English Bible My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy flesh and my heart have been consumed, "" God [is] the rock of my heart and my portion for all time. 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. Smith's Literal Translation My flesh failed and my heart: the rock of my heart and my portion is God forever. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor 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. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the rock of my heart, my portion forever. New Revised Standard Version My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For behold, your distant ones shall be destroyed and you shall destroy all who go astray from you for eternity. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. Brenton Septuagint Translation My heart and my flesh have failed: but God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion for ever. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Endow the King with Your Justice…25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. 26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.… 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. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Isaiah 40:29-31 He 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 wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore 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 weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” / So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid. Lamentations 3:22-24 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! / “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Isaiah 26:3-4 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. / Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal. Psalm 18:1-2 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. / 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. 1 Corinthians 1:8-9 He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. / God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. Treasury of Scripture My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. flesh Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; Psalm 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Psalm 119:81,82 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word… but Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. strength. Psalm 16:5,6 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot… Psalm 119:57 CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Psalm 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Jump to Previous Age Consumed Eternal Fail Faileth Fails Flesh Forever Heart Heritage Portion Rock Strength WastingJump to Next Age Consumed Eternal Fail Faileth Fails Flesh Forever Heart Heritage Portion Rock Strength WastingPsalm 73 1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation2. Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked 13. The wound given thereby, diffidence 15. The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose. My flesh and my heart may fail The phrase "My flesh and my heart may fail" acknowledges the frailty and mortality of human existence. In Hebrew, the word for "flesh" is "בָּשָׂר" (basar), which often refers to the physical body, emphasizing our temporal and perishable nature. "Heart" in Hebrew is "לֵב" (lev), which not only refers to the physical organ but also symbolizes the center of emotions, thoughts, and will. The psalmist, Asaph, recognizes that both his physical body and his inner self are susceptible to weakness and failure. This acknowledgment is a humble admission of human limitations and the inevitable decline that comes with life. Historically, this reflects the ancient understanding of human vulnerability and the need for divine support. but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My fleshשְׁאֵרִ֗י (šə·’ê·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7607: Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood and my heart וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י (ū·lə·ḇā·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart may fail, כָּלָ֥ה (kā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent but God אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative is the strength צוּר־ (ṣūr-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge of my heart לְבָבִ֥י (lə·ḇā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart and my portion וְחֶלְקִ֗י (wə·ḥel·qî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2506: Portion, tract, territory forever. לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always Links Psalm 73:26 NIVPsalm 73:26 NLT Psalm 73:26 ESV Psalm 73:26 NASB Psalm 73:26 KJV Psalm 73:26 BibleApps.com Psalm 73:26 Biblia Paralela Psalm 73:26 Chinese Bible Psalm 73:26 French Bible Psalm 73:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart fails (Psalm Ps Psa.) |