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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My flesh
sh'er (Hebrew #7607)
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Pronounce: sheh-ayr'
Origin: from 7604
and my heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
faileth
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
: but God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
is the λstrength
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
of my heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
, and my portion
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
s for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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rock.
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

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Ministry on This Verse

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flesh.
Psa. 63:1• 1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.{HR}O God, my God [art] thou;{HR}Early will I seek thee.{HR}For thee thirsteth my soul,{HR}For thee longeth my flesh,{HR}In a land dry and weary without water; (Psa. 63:1)
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Psa. 84:2• 2My soul longeth, yea even fainteth,{HR}For the courts of Jehovah;{HR}My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God (Psa. 84:2)
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Psa. 119:81‑82• 81My soul fainteth for thy salvation;{HR}In thy word do I hope.
 82Mine eyes fail for thy saying, so that I say (saying),{HR}When wilt thou comfort me? (Psa. 119:81‑82)
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Job 13:15• 15Lo, he will slay me, yet will I trust him;{HR}But my ways to his face I will argue. (Job 13:15)
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2 Cor. 4:8‑10,16‑18• 8in everything being afflicted, yet not straitened, sorely yet not utterly perplexed,
 9persecuted yet not forsaken, cast down yet not destroyed,
 10always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
 16Wherefore we fail not; but even if our outer man is consuming, yet the inner is being renewed day by day.
 17For the momentary lightness of our affliction worketh out for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory:
 18while we have the eye not on the things that are seen, but on those not seen, for the things seen [are] temporary, but those not seen, eternal. (2 Cor. 4:8‑10,16‑18)
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Phil. 1:21• 21For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain; (Phil. 1:21)
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2 Tim. 4:6‑8• 6For I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure is all but come.
 7The good combat I have combated, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept:
 8henceforth is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day; and not to me only, but also to all those that love his appearing. (2 Tim. 4:6‑8)
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2 Peter 1:14• 14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedy, according as our Lord Jesus Christ manifested to me, (2 Peter 1:14)
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Psa. 18:2• 2Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge. (Psa. 18:2)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah;{HR}Be strong, and he shall strengthen thy heart;{HR}Yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 138:3• 3In the day I called and thou didst answer me,{HR}Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul. (Psa. 138:3)
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Isa. 40:29‑31• 29He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.
 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:29‑31)
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2 Cor. 12:9‑10• 9and he hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me.
 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10)
strength.
Heb. rock.
portion.
Psa. 16:5‑6• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot.
 6The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places,{HR}Yea, the portion hath been fair to me. (Psa. 16:5‑6)
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Psa. 119:57• 57My portion, Jehovah, I have said,{HR}[Is] that I will keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said,{HR}{i}Thou{/i} [art] my refuge,{HR}My portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)
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Lam. 3:24• 24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)
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Rev. 21:3‑4,7• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 4And [God] shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, and no mourning nor crying nor pain shall be any more: for the first things have passed away.
 7He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be God to him, and he shall be a son to me. (Rev. 21:3‑4,7)
• He stays with divine strength and goodness and sustains the heart, and is not only a present stay, but an everlasting portion, our portion forever. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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My flesh and my heart faileth;{HR}Rock of my heart and my portion [is] God forever.