Psalm 73:23-28

God Is My Strength and Portion Forever

23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you e hold my right hand.
 24 You f guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will g receive me to glory.
 25 h Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
 26 i My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is j the strength 1 of my heart and my k portion l forever.

27 For behold, those who are m far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is n unfaithful to you.
 28 But for me it is good to o be near God;
I have made the Lord God my p refuge,
that I may q tell of all your works.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 63:8
    My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
    Psalms 41:12
    But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 32:8
    I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 49:15
    But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 16:2
    I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.
    Philippians 3:8
    Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 40:12
    For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
    Psalms 84:2
    My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 16:5
    The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
  8. Cross References
    Daniel 12:3
    And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 119:155
    Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 106:39
    Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.
    Exodus 34:15
    Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice.
    Numbers 15:39
    And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.
    James 4:4
    You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  11. Cross References
    James 4:8
    Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 14:6
    You would shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 118:17
    I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
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