My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Ver. 26. My flesh faileth, and my heart faileth] Some think that the psalmist, through egression of affection unto God, having spent and exhaled his spirits, fell into a swoon; out of which he recovered again by the joy of the Lord, which was his strength, even the rock of his heart. The Greek saith, The God of my heart.
Verse Psalms 73:26. _MY FLESH - FAILETH_] I shall soon die: _and my heart _- even my natural courage, will fail; and no support but what is _supernatural_ will then be available. Therefore, he adds, -...
MY FLESH AND MY HEART FAILETH - Flesh and heart here seem to refer to the whole man, body and soul; and the idea is, that his powers of body and mind failed; were spent; were exhausted. This seems to...
III. THE LEVITICUS SECTION: BOOK THREE: PSALM 73-89 The third division of the book of Psalms corresponds in character to the third book of the Pentateuch, the book of Leviticus. That is the book of th...
BOOK III. PSS. LXXIII.- LXXXIX. LXXIII. The Hope of Immortality. Here the Psalter reaches its highest elevation. Job, in Job 19:25 f.*, believes that God will vindicate his innocence even after death...
STRENGTH. Hebrew zur. rock, or refuge....
Faith triumphant in the conviction of an ultimate judgement and the consciousness of the supreme blessedness of fellowship with God....
The _positive_solution of the Psalmist's perplexity: the only true and abiding happiness is to be found in fellowship with God....
_God is the strength of my heart_ Lit., the rock of my heart. Though bodily and mental powers fail, God is his sure refuge in every danger (Psalms 62:2; Psalms 62:6-7), the possession which cannot be...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE THIRD Psalms 73 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Temptation, arising from the Prosperity of the Lawless, Triumphantly Overcome. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 73:1-5, Under Protest, the Psalmist...
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. -His joy in God as his portion, in contrast to the final destruction of all who go from God. Verse 25. WHOM...
BOOK 3 There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah. The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of Psalms...
MY FLESH AND MY HEART] both the outer and the inner man. Though both of these should perish, something would yet remain in eternal union with God....
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE PSALMS OF DAVID (BOOK 3). NOW I UNDERSTAND PSALMS 73 Jesus said, "Make sure that your valuable things are in *heaven". ...
כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּ לְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר ־לְבָבִ֥י...
Psalms 73:1 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 49:1. It tells how the prosperity of the godless,...
The true place in which to form a right estimate of life is where Asaph found it-in the sanctuary of God; because from its elevation and the purity of its atmosphere, one can take into view the unseen...
The marginal reading, "Only good is God to Israel," indicates the real value of the song. Israel has no other good, and needs no other. Yet it is not always easy to realize this, and the psalmist tell...
My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my (o) portion for ever. (o) He teaches us to deny ourselves, to have God our whole sufficiency, and only contentment....
It were a pity to separate these verses, and the devout and happy frame which appears through the whole of them. Reader! what a thought is that one, Nevertheless I am continually with, thee! An union...
26._My flesh and my heart have failed. _Some understand the first part of the verse as meaning that David’s heart and flesh failed him through the ardent desire with which he was actuated; and they th...
BOOK 3 - PSALMS 73-89 In the Third Book we get out into a larger sphere than the state of the residue of the Jews in the last days, whether in Jerusalem or driven out; and hence we find much less of t...
MY FLESH AND MY HEART FAILETH,.... Either through vehement desires of communion with God deferred, see Psalms 84:2 or through afflictive dispensations of Providence, being smitten and chastened contin...
_My flesh and my heart faileth_ I find, by sad experience, my own weakness and inability to encounter such temptations, and bear, with becoming patience and resignation, such troubles, as I frequently...
The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
My flesh and my heart faileth, they faint, pine, dwindle away under the attacks of misery and tribulation; BUT GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF: MY HEART, the dependable Rock of his faith, AND MY PORTION FOREVE...
STRENGTH: _ Heb._ rock...
21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discon...
In myself, I confess I am a poor weak creature, and my body and spirit may fail and be ready to faint under such temptations and tribulations as these, and I know I shall shortly return to the dust, o...
Psalms 73:26 flesh H7607 heart H3824 fail H3615 (H8804) God H430 strength H6697 heart H3824 portion H2506 forever...
Psalms 73:26 I. Life and immortality, we are told, were brought to light by the Gospel. But the immortality of the soul was not first taught and believed when our Lord confuted Sadducean unbelief, or...
Psalms 73:25 I. God is the Christian's inheritance as the light of his intellect. II. God is the Christian's inheritance as the refuge of his conscience. III. God is the Christian's inheritance as...
Psalms 73 First, there is in this Psalm a description of the prosperity of the wicked, and of that hauteur and pride which they in their prosperity manifested, then of the afflictions of the godly, o...
Here you have the psalmist in a fainting fit. He has allowed the flesh to conquer the spirit. The observant eye of reason has for awhile rendered dim the clear vision of faith. Psalms 73:1. _Truly Go...
The psalmist here works out the problem of the prosperity of the wicked. He was troubled in his own mind about it; he knew that he feared God, but he also knew that he was greatly tried, whereas he sa...
«A Psalm Of Asaph.» He was a great singer, but he could not always sing. In the first part of the Psalm he felt rather like groaning than singing; and you shall find that those who sing the sweetest t...
CONTENTS: The temptation to envy the prosperity of wicked people and how to fortify ones self against it. The awful fate of the ungodly. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: Observing that many wicked...
The third book of Hebrew psalms begins here. It opens with a psalm of Asaph, the noble singer and musician of the temple. 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 25:1. Eleven other psalms bear his name. Hezek...
_Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart._ THE TROUBLE OF ASAPH In human biographies men are wont to cover up their heroes’ imperfections. They see no reason why they should...
_My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever._ IMMORTALITY The especial point of this whole psalm lies in the contrast between the present and the futu...
_Whom have I in heaven but Thee?_ end there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee. GOD THE ONLY PORTION “Whom have I in heaven but Thee?” Not “what.” Not in things, but in persons, the perso...
_If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of Thy children._ SEARCHING AND FINDING RELIEF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION . Searching for relief in the right direction (Psalm...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:1. This is a wisdom psalm. God’s people should trust him even when it seems unbelievers do not suffer because of their sin. They should remember the contrasting outcomes...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:21 Even when the singer harbored his bitter thoughts, God still had a firm hold on him: I AM CONTINUALLY WITH YOU; YOU HOLD MY RIGHT HAND. During the singer’s earthly life, you...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph,”_ or, as in the margin, “_for Asaph_.” See introduction to Psalms 50. _Subject_.—The mental difficulties arising from the contemplation of the tempora...
EXPOSITION THIS is the first of the "Psalms of Asaph," whereof the present book contains eleven. They are characterized by a preponderating use of the name "Elohim" over that of" Jehovah," by a great...
Psa 73:1-28 begins with an affirmation of a basic foundational truth concerning God. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart (Psalms 73:1). It is important that we have basi...
2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 4:8;...