Psalm 73:27

Translations

Modern

Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

Traditional

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Literal

For behold, those far from You will perish. You destroy everyone prostituting himself from You!

Latin

Quia ecce qui elongant se a te peribunt; perdidisti omnes qui fornicantur abs te.

Original

Hebrew

English

Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

Notes

Psalms 73:1–28

This wisdom psalm looks at the injustice of the prosperity of the wicked. The psalmist states that God is good to the godly, but his own experience is different (Psalm 73:2–12).

Almost overwhelmed by doubt (Psalm 73:13–16), the psalmist meets the Lord in the sanctuary. This meeting gives him a broader view and renews his trust in God (Psalm 73:17–26). His troubling doubts lead to a stronger desire for truth. He knows he can trust God and that God will save him (Psalm 73:27–28).

Psalms 73:1–75:10

The seeming success of the wicked (Psalm 73) and God's apparent rejection of his people (Psalm 74) raise questions about his justice. God rules the entire world and decides when to judge (Psalm 75).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Exodus 34:15
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
Numbers 15:39
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
Psalm 106:39
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
Revelation 17:1–5
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Job 21:14–15
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Matthew 15:7–8
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
Ephesians 2:17
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

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Psalm 73:27

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