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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. O God, thou art my *God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water: (Psa. 63:1)
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Psa. 84:2• 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living *God. (Psa. 84:2)
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Psa. 119:81‑82• 81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
 82Mine eyes fail for thy *word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? (Psa. 119:81‑82)
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Job 13:15• 15Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
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2 Cor. 4:8‑10,16‑18• 8every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
 9persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but 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 faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
 17For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;
 18while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are for a time, but those that are not seen eternal. (2 Cor. 4:8‑10,16‑18)
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Phil. 1:21• 21For for 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 release is come.
 7I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
 8Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who 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 speedily to take place, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me; (2 Peter 1:14)
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Psa. 18:2• 2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my *God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. (Psa. 18:2)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 138:3• 3In the day when I called thou answeredst me; 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 him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
 30Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, 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 tire; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:29‑31)
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2 Cor. 12:9‑10• 9And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10)
strength.
Heb. rock.
portion.
Psa. 16:5‑6• 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
 6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. (Psa. 16:5‑6)
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Psa. 119:57• 57CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)
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Psa. 142:5• 5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, 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 heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 4And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away.
 7He that overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be to him God, and he shall be to me son. (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.